Chapter 30

Lamb on,471Dryden echoes in,392Included in theLamiavolume,470,471Keats’s distaste for,366,369Latin usage in,431Lines in, on the bitter-sweet of love,360Metre of,393Millais’ picture from,538Reynolds’s Boccaccio tales intended for issue with,259-60,387,521Procter’s poem on the same subject,459Shelley’s delight in,483Story of,390Lamb on,471Reynolds on,312-13Wilson on (1828),527Isle of Palms, The(Wilson),298Isle of Wight, Keats’s visits to,135-6,164,357et sqq.,405‘I stood tip-toe upon a little hill’ (Keats), Cupid and Psyche reference in,412Date of,115,122,164Included inPoems,115Influence on, of a passage inThe Excursion,126Metre, diction and subject of,114-15Planned as Induction toEndymion,122,164References in, to the Moon,123,166Scene described in,36Italian attitude to the Sick,506Literature, Hunt’s preferences in,47Keats’s studies in,370,398Primitives, Keats’s appreciation of,325Italy, winter in, planned for Keats,467,484, and undertaken,485, journey to, illness and death of Keats,486et sqq.It is an awful mission(Keats), lines quoted,425‘It is a lofty feeling,’ sonnet (Hunt), occasion of,56Jacobeanpoetry, influence of, seen inEndymion,206,207,209n.James I.,101Jasmine Bower scene inEndymion, a flaw in the poem,186-7Jeffrey, Francis, editor of theEdinburgh Review,297; as critic,299,528on Keats’s poems,478-80,481,528on Shelley’s poems,528Jeffrey, Miss, letters to, from Keats, on going as Ship’s doctor,355-6; on writing theOde to Indolence,415Jeffrey, Mrs, and her daughters, Keats’s friendship with,262Jeffrey, Mrs (Mrs G. Keats), and the letters of Keats to his brother,531Jennings, a common name in Cornwall,5Jennings, Captain Midgley John, of the Royal Marines, uncle of the poet,5,7,12Jennings, Frances (Mrs T. Keats,q.v., later Mrs Rawlings), mother of the Poet,3Jennings, John, grandfather of the poet,3,5Will and bequests of,9,355&n.Jennings, John, of Penryn,5Jennings, Mrs John, grandmother of Keats,9Character of,6Legacy of, to Keats,354,355&n.Trustees appointed by, for the Keats children,15-16Death of, 16 &n.1.Jennings, Mrs Midgley John, lawsuit by, as affecting Keats,354,365Johnson, Dr Samuel,537; Tour of, in the Highlands,282on Greek mythology,220on Sheridan’s pension,481Jones, Mrs, the mysterious,334Jonson, Ben, poems of, Influence of on Keats,206,225,396,479Life of, Keats on,356Metre used by,389; faults in,209Use by, of the Heroic Couplet,100Joseph and his Brethren(Wells), enthusiasm for, of Swinburne and Rossetti,77‘Judgment of Solomon,’ picture by Haydon,60Julian and Maddalo(Shelley),241Junius, Taylor an authority on,133‘Junkets,’ Keats’s nickname,83Kean, Edmund,245,263Departure to America,370,372Dramatic powers of,442in Shakespearean parts, Keats’s criticisms on,242-4Keast, Thomas, of St Agnes’ parish, Cornwall,5Keate, Catherine,5Keate, Dr., Headmaster of Eton,4n.Keats, Edward,3Keats family of Dorsetshire,4,5,492Keats family (the poet’s)Brotherly affection in,3,11,13,24,25,31-2,133,135,145,262,271,323,324Keats, Frances Mary (Fanny), sister of the poet (later Llanos,q.v.),3,505Inheritance of,355&n.,529Keats’s affection for,145Letters to, from Keats, charm of,338; on being friends, and on the story ofEndymion,147-9; on dancing,336-7; on fine weather,364-5; on going to the Isle of Wight,357; on going as a Ship’s Doctor,355; on his health and onOtho the Great,381; on his idleness,347; in illness,456; on keeping well,487; on the Scotch tour,290Marriage of,535Verses addressed to, by Keats,9-10Visit to, by Keats,366Keats, George, brother of the poet,3,25,58,77,162; at school,8Biographical references to, in order of dateBusiness life of,24; Money troubles of,139-40; and the Publishers of thePoems,133; at Teignmouth, with Tom,244; Marriage and Emigration of,24,260,269-72; Business troubles of,365; Keats’s generosity to,371; Visit of, to England, and Keats’s further generosity,382-4; Good news from,504; Inheritance of,355n.; Death of,531Brotherly devotion of, to Keats,11,24,25,82-3,133; Keats on,356Brown’s indignation with,516,517,529; proved unjust,530Character of,11,382Letters to, from Keats, and Keats’s Journal letters to him and his wife,322-3,327,337,339; on becoming a Ship’s surgeon,355; on being a Poet, and onEndymionas the test of this,164-5; on his Defenders,315; on the Hostile Reviews and on his Reading, and Idleness,340et sqq.; on his Brotherly love,322,323,324; on Miss Brawne,336; on Sea passage to London,295Value of,317et sqq.Wealth of topics in (1819),344et sqq.,37on his Brother as a boy,11on his Grandfather and Mother,6on Keats’s temper,145Keats, John, the poetAcquaintance of, with Chaucer,75n., and with the Elizabethans (q.v.),19Appearance of, at different dates,6,12,24,25,35,79,80,143,287,296,328,346,347,459n.,486Eyes,143,459n.,466,511Height,31,79,80Portraits of, byHaydon,462Severn,328,495,511,535Appreciation by, of Wordsworth’s poems,125,145-6Attitude of, toCriticism,311et sqq.,321Love,181,183,213,224,262,318-20,330et sqq.,passim,393,549&n.Scenery,153,274et sqq.Scott’s writings,279Women,81,89-90,262,271,288,318-20Biographical projects of friends,529-31Biographies, appreciation and Collections of his works,531et sqq.Memoir of, by Monckton Milnes,520Biographical references in order of date1795-1817Parentage, birth and family,2,3et sqq.; school days,7et sqq.; boyish amusements, his lines on,9,10; industry,13, and successes,14; apprenticeship to Mr Hammond, surgeon,16&n.2et sqq., silence of, on this period,17; beginnings of poetry-writing,17,18, influences,14,18et sqq., vocation first felt,12,211815-17Life as medical student,17,26&n.,27,28et sqq.; the doctor’s life abandoned,28,83; notebook of,33&n.2; Friendships made and renewed, (see alsoFriends,infra), with Cowden Clarke,34; with Leigh Hunt,35-6et sqq.,et alibi, effect of the friendship with Hunt on his career,41,51et sqq., friendships, formed through Hunt,59et sqq.; the laurel crown episode and his verses thereon then, and later,55,57-8,415; verse-writing on a given subject, with Hunt,55et sqq.; at Margate, theEpistleswritten from,37; first reading of Chapman’s Homer, the great sonnet written on it,38et sqq.; walk of, to the Poultry,40n.; Haydon’s acquaintance made,59; other new friendships,68et sqq.; social surroundings,78-9; social surroundings,aet.21,78-9; at a Bear fight,81-2; growing passion for the poetic life,831817First book,Poems(q.v.), published,83et sqq.,130et sqq.; new publishers found, and new friends gained,133et sqq.; stay in the Isle of Wight, Shakespeare studies and work onEndymion, during,135et sqq.; visit to Canterbury, effect of,140; visit to Bailey at Oxford, described by the latter,143et sqq.; stay at Burford Bridge,152,Endymionfinished at,161,162; end of first phase of mind and art of,163Dec. 1817-June 1818Dramatic criticism undertaken,242et sqq., life at Hampstead,242, meeting with Wordsworth,246; stay at Teignmouth,260et sqq.,429; marriage and emigration of his brother George,268et sqq.June 1818-June 1819the Scottish tour with Brown,272et sqq., and its effect on his health,293et sqq.,384,545; the attacks on him inBlackwood, and theQuarterly Review,297et sqq.; the defence by his friends,238,311et sqq.,516et sqq.; effects of,311et sqq.,315,316,506,515,524,534; the nursing of Tom Keats till his death,316-20; the attraction of ‘Charmian,’318-19; life with Brown at Wentworth Place,320et sqq.; work onHyperion,322,323,327; harassed by borrowers,323,337et sqq.,354-5; gift to, from an unknown admirer,325; meeting with Fanny Brawne and his love for her,329et sqq.,passim,510,534,549; financial position of,337-8,354-5, lightened by Brown,357; fight of, with a butcher-boy,342-3 &n.; idleness, and work,342et sqq., meeting with Coleridge,346-8, unsettlement in health and plans,355et sqq.

Lamb on,471

Dryden echoes in,392Included in theLamiavolume,470,471Keats’s distaste for,366,369Latin usage in,431Lines in, on the bitter-sweet of love,360Metre of,393Millais’ picture from,538Reynolds’s Boccaccio tales intended for issue with,259-60,387,521Procter’s poem on the same subject,459Shelley’s delight in,483Story of,390Lamb on,471Reynolds on,312-13Wilson on (1828),527

Dryden echoes in,392

Included in theLamiavolume,470,471

Keats’s distaste for,366,369

Latin usage in,431

Lines in, on the bitter-sweet of love,360

Metre of,393

Millais’ picture from,538

Reynolds’s Boccaccio tales intended for issue with,259-60,387,521

Procter’s poem on the same subject,459

Shelley’s delight in,483

Story of,390

Lamb on,471

Reynolds on,312-13

Wilson on (1828),527

Isle of Palms, The(Wilson),298

Isle of Wight, Keats’s visits to,135-6,164,357et sqq.,405

‘I stood tip-toe upon a little hill’ (Keats), Cupid and Psyche reference in,412

Date of,115,122,164Included inPoems,115Influence on, of a passage inThe Excursion,126Metre, diction and subject of,114-15Planned as Induction toEndymion,122,164References in, to the Moon,123,166Scene described in,36

Date of,115,122,164

Included inPoems,115

Influence on, of a passage inThe Excursion,126

Metre, diction and subject of,114-15

Planned as Induction toEndymion,122,164

References in, to the Moon,123,166

Scene described in,36

Italian attitude to the Sick,506

Literature, Hunt’s preferences in,47

Keats’s studies in,370,398

Primitives, Keats’s appreciation of,325

Italy, winter in, planned for Keats,467,484, and undertaken,485, journey to, illness and death of Keats,486et sqq.

It is an awful mission(Keats), lines quoted,425

‘It is a lofty feeling,’ sonnet (Hunt), occasion of,56

Jacobeanpoetry, influence of, seen inEndymion,206,207,209n.

James I.,101

Jasmine Bower scene inEndymion, a flaw in the poem,186-7

Jeffrey, Francis, editor of theEdinburgh Review,297; as critic,299,528

on Keats’s poems,478-80,481,528on Shelley’s poems,528

on Keats’s poems,478-80,481,528

on Shelley’s poems,528

Jeffrey, Miss, letters to, from Keats, on going as Ship’s doctor,355-6; on writing theOde to Indolence,415

Jeffrey, Mrs, and her daughters, Keats’s friendship with,262

Jeffrey, Mrs (Mrs G. Keats), and the letters of Keats to his brother,531

Jennings, a common name in Cornwall,5

Jennings, Captain Midgley John, of the Royal Marines, uncle of the poet,5,7,12

Jennings, Frances (Mrs T. Keats,q.v., later Mrs Rawlings), mother of the Poet,3

Jennings, John, grandfather of the poet,3,5

Will and bequests of,9,355&n.

Jennings, John, of Penryn,5

Jennings, Mrs John, grandmother of Keats,9

Character of,6Legacy of, to Keats,354,355&n.Trustees appointed by, for the Keats children,15-16Death of, 16 &n.1.

Character of,6

Legacy of, to Keats,354,355&n.

Trustees appointed by, for the Keats children,15-16

Death of, 16 &n.1.

Jennings, Mrs Midgley John, lawsuit by, as affecting Keats,354,365

Johnson, Dr Samuel,537; Tour of, in the Highlands,282

on Greek mythology,220on Sheridan’s pension,481

on Greek mythology,220

on Sheridan’s pension,481

Jones, Mrs, the mysterious,334

Jonson, Ben, poems of, Influence of on Keats,206,225,396,479

Life of, Keats on,356Metre used by,389; faults in,209Use by, of the Heroic Couplet,100

Life of, Keats on,356

Metre used by,389; faults in,209

Use by, of the Heroic Couplet,100

Joseph and his Brethren(Wells), enthusiasm for, of Swinburne and Rossetti,77

‘Judgment of Solomon,’ picture by Haydon,60

Julian and Maddalo(Shelley),241

Junius, Taylor an authority on,133

‘Junkets,’ Keats’s nickname,83

Kean, Edmund,245,263

Departure to America,370,372Dramatic powers of,442in Shakespearean parts, Keats’s criticisms on,242-4

Departure to America,370,372

Dramatic powers of,442

in Shakespearean parts, Keats’s criticisms on,242-4

Keast, Thomas, of St Agnes’ parish, Cornwall,5

Keate, Catherine,5

Keate, Dr., Headmaster of Eton,4n.

Keats, Edward,3

Keats family of Dorsetshire,4,5,492

Keats family (the poet’s)

Brotherly affection in,3,11,13,24,25,31-2,133,135,145,262,271,323,324

Keats, Frances Mary (Fanny), sister of the poet (later Llanos,q.v.),3,505

Inheritance of,355&n.,529Keats’s affection for,145Letters to, from Keats, charm of,338; on being friends, and on the story ofEndymion,147-9; on dancing,336-7; on fine weather,364-5; on going to the Isle of Wight,357; on going as a Ship’s Doctor,355; on his health and onOtho the Great,381; on his idleness,347; in illness,456; on keeping well,487; on the Scotch tour,290Marriage of,535Verses addressed to, by Keats,9-10Visit to, by Keats,366

Inheritance of,355&n.,529

Keats’s affection for,145

Letters to, from Keats, charm of,338; on being friends, and on the story ofEndymion,147-9; on dancing,336-7; on fine weather,364-5; on going to the Isle of Wight,357; on going as a Ship’s Doctor,355; on his health and onOtho the Great,381; on his idleness,347; in illness,456; on keeping well,487; on the Scotch tour,290

Marriage of,535

Verses addressed to, by Keats,9-10

Visit to, by Keats,366

Keats, George, brother of the poet,3,25,58,77,162; at school,8

Biographical references to, in order of date

Business life of,24; Money troubles of,139-40; and the Publishers of thePoems,133; at Teignmouth, with Tom,244; Marriage and Emigration of,24,260,269-72; Business troubles of,365; Keats’s generosity to,371; Visit of, to England, and Keats’s further generosity,382-4; Good news from,504; Inheritance of,355n.; Death of,531

Brotherly devotion of, to Keats,11,24,25,82-3,133; Keats on,356Brown’s indignation with,516,517,529; proved unjust,530Character of,11,382Letters to, from Keats, and Keats’s Journal letters to him and his wife,322-3,327,337,339; on becoming a Ship’s surgeon,355; on being a Poet, and onEndymionas the test of this,164-5; on his Defenders,315; on the Hostile Reviews and on his Reading, and Idleness,340et sqq.; on his Brotherly love,322,323,324; on Miss Brawne,336; on Sea passage to London,295

Brotherly devotion of, to Keats,11,24,25,82-3,133; Keats on,356

Brown’s indignation with,516,517,529; proved unjust,530

Character of,11,382

Letters to, from Keats, and Keats’s Journal letters to him and his wife,322-3,327,337,339; on becoming a Ship’s surgeon,355; on being a Poet, and onEndymionas the test of this,164-5; on his Defenders,315; on the Hostile Reviews and on his Reading, and Idleness,340et sqq.; on his Brotherly love,322,323,324; on Miss Brawne,336; on Sea passage to London,295

Value of,317et sqq.Wealth of topics in (1819),344et sqq.,37

Value of,317et sqq.

Wealth of topics in (1819),344et sqq.,37

on his Brother as a boy,11on his Grandfather and Mother,6on Keats’s temper,145

on his Brother as a boy,11

on his Grandfather and Mother,6

on Keats’s temper,145

Keats, John, the poet

Acquaintance of, with Chaucer,75n., and with the Elizabethans (q.v.),19Appearance of, at different dates,6,12,24,25,35,79,80,143,287,296,328,346,347,459n.,486

Acquaintance of, with Chaucer,75n., and with the Elizabethans (q.v.),19

Appearance of, at different dates,6,12,24,25,35,79,80,143,287,296,328,346,347,459n.,486

Eyes,143,459n.,466,511Height,31,79,80Portraits of, by

Eyes,143,459n.,466,511

Height,31,79,80

Portraits of, by

Haydon,462Severn,328,495,511,535

Haydon,462

Severn,328,495,511,535

Appreciation by, of Wordsworth’s poems,125,145-6Attitude of, to

Appreciation by, of Wordsworth’s poems,125,145-6

Attitude of, to

Criticism,311et sqq.,321Love,181,183,213,224,262,318-20,330et sqq.,passim,393,549&n.Scenery,153,274et sqq.Scott’s writings,279Women,81,89-90,262,271,288,318-20

Criticism,311et sqq.,321

Love,181,183,213,224,262,318-20,330et sqq.,passim,393,549&n.

Scenery,153,274et sqq.

Scott’s writings,279

Women,81,89-90,262,271,288,318-20

Biographical projects of friends,529-31

Biographies, appreciation and Collections of his works,531et sqq.Memoir of, by Monckton Milnes,520

Biographies, appreciation and Collections of his works,531et sqq.

Memoir of, by Monckton Milnes,520

Biographical references in order of date

1795-1817

Parentage, birth and family,2,3et sqq.; school days,7et sqq.; boyish amusements, his lines on,9,10; industry,13, and successes,14; apprenticeship to Mr Hammond, surgeon,16&n.2et sqq., silence of, on this period,17; beginnings of poetry-writing,17,18, influences,14,18et sqq., vocation first felt,12,21

1815-17

Life as medical student,17,26&n.,27,28et sqq.; the doctor’s life abandoned,28,83; notebook of,33&n.2; Friendships made and renewed, (see alsoFriends,infra), with Cowden Clarke,34; with Leigh Hunt,35-6et sqq.,et alibi, effect of the friendship with Hunt on his career,41,51et sqq., friendships, formed through Hunt,59et sqq.; the laurel crown episode and his verses thereon then, and later,55,57-8,415; verse-writing on a given subject, with Hunt,55et sqq.; at Margate, theEpistleswritten from,37; first reading of Chapman’s Homer, the great sonnet written on it,38et sqq.; walk of, to the Poultry,40n.; Haydon’s acquaintance made,59; other new friendships,68et sqq.; social surroundings,78-9; social surroundings,aet.21,78-9; at a Bear fight,81-2; growing passion for the poetic life,83

1817

First book,Poems(q.v.), published,83et sqq.,130et sqq.; new publishers found, and new friends gained,133et sqq.; stay in the Isle of Wight, Shakespeare studies and work onEndymion, during,135et sqq.; visit to Canterbury, effect of,140; visit to Bailey at Oxford, described by the latter,143et sqq.; stay at Burford Bridge,152,Endymionfinished at,161,162; end of first phase of mind and art of,163

Dec. 1817-June 1818

Dramatic criticism undertaken,242et sqq., life at Hampstead,242, meeting with Wordsworth,246; stay at Teignmouth,260et sqq.,429; marriage and emigration of his brother George,268et sqq.

June 1818-June 1819

the Scottish tour with Brown,272et sqq., and its effect on his health,293et sqq.,384,545; the attacks on him inBlackwood, and theQuarterly Review,297et sqq.; the defence by his friends,238,311et sqq.,516et sqq.; effects of,311et sqq.,315,316,506,515,524,534; the nursing of Tom Keats till his death,316-20; the attraction of ‘Charmian,’318-19; life with Brown at Wentworth Place,320et sqq.; work onHyperion,322,323,327; harassed by borrowers,323,337et sqq.,354-5; gift to, from an unknown admirer,325; meeting with Fanny Brawne and his love for her,329et sqq.,passim,510,534,549; financial position of,337-8,354-5, lightened by Brown,357; fight of, with a butcher-boy,342-3 &n.; idleness, and work,342et sqq., meeting with Coleridge,346-8, unsettlement in health and plans,355et sqq.

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