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‘Ever’, ‘Never’: The World of Keats’s Grecian Urn

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To read the first two lines of this Ode is rather like walking into an old church or a quiet museum, which we have for a time to ourselves. They are calm and measured, yet richly luxurious. There is nothing jarring in their sound or, as it seems, in their sense.

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© 1976 A. E. Dyson and Julian Lovelock

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Dyson, A.E., Lovelock, J. (1976). ‘Ever’, ‘Never’: The World of Keats’s Grecian Urn. In: Masterful Images. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15641-2_12

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