A thing of beauty is a joy forever by John Keats

Some people don't know that the famous 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever' is from Endymion a John Keat's poem that begins like this:

'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:

Its loveliness increases; it will never

Pass into nothingness; but still will keep

A bower quiet for us, and a sleep

Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. '

(keep reading here)

picture: knitted nursery rhyme characters at Stitchery-Doing project.