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If Poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves of a tree, it had better not come at all. - John Keats Quotes

If Poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves of a tree, it had better not come at all.

Source:Letter to John Taylor (February 27, 1818); in The Complete Works of John Keats (ed. Gowans & Gray, 1900), Volume IV, Page 81
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  • Name: John Keats
  • Profession: Poet
  • Born: October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821
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