Act IV, sc. iii.
The Broken Heart (c. 1625-33)
“Closer of lovely eyes to lovely dreams,
Lover of loneliness, and wandering,
Of upcast eye, and tender pondering!
Thee must I praise above all other glories
That smile us on to tell delightful stories.”
Source: Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne
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