On Death
John Keats * Track #7 On Posthumous and Fugitive Poems
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This poem was written in 1814 in a letter to his brother Thomas when he was in his deathbed suffering from tuberculosis. The main intention of this poem is to comfort Thomas about his approaching death. On another note, Keats believes or wants his brother to believe in afterlife.
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Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream,
And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by?
The transient pleasures as a vision seem,
And yet we think the greatest pain's to die.
How strange it is that man on earth should roam,
And lead a life of woe, but not forsake
His rugged path; nor dare he view alone
His future doom which is but to awake.
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When did John Keats release On Death?
John Keats released On Death on Sat Jan 01 1814.