To G.a.w
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Tribute to a Friend
This sonnet, written in 1816 and published in Poems (1817), is a short tribute to Georgiana Augusta Wylie, the wife of Keats's brother George. Keats addresses her directly, admiring the variety of her charms and the uncertainty of which of her moods is most lovely. The poem registers personal affection and aesthetic appreciation within the compact sonnet form, framed as an intimate compliment to a friend and family member.
Read Complete AnalysesNymph of the downward smile and sidelong glance! In what diviner moments of the day Art thou most lovely?—when gone far astray Into the labyrinths of sweet utterance, Or when serenely wandering in a trance Of sober thought? Or when starting away, With careless robe to meet the morning ray, Thou sparest the flowers in thy mazy dance? Haply 'tis when thy ruby lips part sweetly, And so remain, because thou listenest: But thou to please wert nurtured so completely That I can never tell what mood is best; I shall as soon pronounce which Grace more neatly Trips it before Apollo than the rest.
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