Chapter 31

June 1819-Feb. 1821Stay at Shanklin and work onLamiaandKing Otho,358et sqq.; love letters from, to Fanny Brawne,360et sqq.; stay at Winchester,362,369; letters from,370et sqq.; determination to work for the Press,373; his financial position,373; attempted parting from Brown, stay with the Dilkes and return to Brown at Hampstead,374-6; collaboration with Brown,375et sqq.,387; fluctuating spirits of, before his seizure,375; hard work,375-6,379; inward sufferings,376et sqq.; laudanum—taking by(1819),379,380,505et sqq.; financial position, at this time,379; trouble and health failure,375et sqq.;work of this period,436et sqq.;the fatal chill,384,455; invalid life,456et sqq.; letters from his sick bed,455; slight improvement,460; relapses,462; at Kentish Town,463,466,468; Shelley’s invitation to Italy,467-8; work published while at Kentish Town,268-9; theLamiavolume issued,470et sqq., the Reviews again severe,473et sqq.; stay with the Brawnes,468,485; wintering in Italy decided on, with Severn as companion,485-7; the voyage,486et sqq.; life in Naples,496et sqq., and in Rome,503; his ‘posthumous existence’384,504,510; the last days,505et sqq.; choice by, of his own epitaph,510,523-4; death,512, and after,513et sqq.; burial place and memorial stone,510,523-4; the ‘might-have been’ had he lived,548et sqq.; posthumous attacks on, in, and byBlackwood,519-20, De Quincey,528-9 &n., andQuarterly Review,527-8; rare allusion by, to the Reviews,521; Shelley’s lament for, inAdonais,517-19Character and characteristicsAdmiration of, for Chatterton,146-7Artistic tastes of,66,92,255-6,325in Boyhood,9et sqq.; in Young Manhood,24,25Brotherly affection of,3,11,13,24,262,268,271,371,382-4,see alsoKeats, Fanny, George, and TomContrasted with Shelley,72-3Conversation of,145-7,459n.Devotion of, to his Mother,7,14-15Duality of,15,318Early tendency to rhyming,7Feeling of, for the poetry of the past,38Genius of,128-9,234,267-8,484,550His own statements on,153,200-1,223,269,368,497Indecision, Indefiniteness and Variableness of,128-9,142,173,223,269,270,314,315-16,545Interest of, in history and politics,371Keenness of perception,52Late awakening of literary proclivities,12Limitations due to social setting,444Love ofEnglish spring flowers,446-7Liberty, foundations of,14the Moon,22,123-4,153,215-16et sqq.Nature, and its expression in his poems,21,22,36,79-80,84,90,113,114,122-3,128,144,149,152-3,159et sqq.,216et sqq.,226,232as Lover, seen in his letters,360et sqq.Loyalty to his given word,379Manner,143Manners,31,32,81459n.as Mimic,81-2Modesty,269,313,314Morbidity of Temperament,11,12,15,80,139,464-5Morals,32Naturalness and simplicity,143Perceptiveness,441-2Pride,15,31,313Pugnacity as schoolboy,10et sqq.,17, in later years,17Reading, and Reading gifts of,81,366Wide range of,88Religious indefiniteness,51,71,509Reserve and inward bitterness (1820),382,383Sensitiveness as to his origin,71-2Skill of, in friendship,255Social qualities, powers and taste,81-2as Sportsman,326Temper of,145Tender-heartedness &c.,444Thirst for knowledge,260,265,269‘Vein of flint and iron’ in,15,315Voice,81,145Chief agent in revitalization of Greek mythology,220et sqq.Critics and commentators of,540as Dramatist,441et sqq.Epitaph of, chosen by himself,510,effect of, on public opinion on his Poems,523-4Eulogists of,544-5Fame of, slow growth and spread of,520,526et sqq.; triumph of,536,540; forecasts on its disability,546-8Favourite flowers of,510Friends and Friendships of,see alsoNames of FriendsEstrangement from, in illness,465Indignation of, at the Reviews,309et sqq.,516et sqq.,522Love of his friends,513et sqq.,521Loyalty of, long surviving,527Heir of the Elizabethans,171Italian Studies of,370,398Letters from, and to,see, chiefly,underNames of Correspondents,and EpistlesBradley’s lectures on,545Compared with Shelley’s,541Dr. Garnett on,541onEndymion,150,151,153, value of, in the study of the poem,154Journal-letters from, to George Keats, value of,317et sqq.Riches of,262et sqq.Self-revelation in,153-4,371Library ofBooks in,228n.,390n.,379n.1,447n.List of,556et sqq.Poems and Verses by,see also, and chiefly, underNamesAchievements,385et sqq.Beauties in,368Charm of,119-20Cockneyism charged against (see alsoCockney School),109n.CollectedEditions ofFirst English,520Forman’s,544,549, &seefootnotesGalignani’s,159n.,527Milnes’s,520,531et sqq.Concordance to, published by Cornell University,575Copy of, carried about by Shelley,521,522Couplet as used in,93et sqq.,113-14,207et sqq.,209n.Criticism of, easy,119-20Echoes in, of earlier poets,89,90et passimEarly writings,22-3Elizabethan influence on,389,479Essential principle of versification,208Faults avoided in,209Faults existing in,50,186,187,207et sqq.,211,212,213,214-15,221,307,368,459Felicitous compound epithets in,412-13Flippant note in,404Fragments and experiments,385,417et sqq.Insight into Keats’s mind and genius from,424et sqq.Fugitive pieces,256-7Genius in, Evocative not Expository,128-9,234,267-8Gift of, to Browning and the effect,526Growing appreciation of,520,526et sqq.Inspiration of, fromArt,54,92,117,122,200,219,231n.,264,414-16 &n.,417,446Nature,21-2,122-3Sources, nature of,165-6Last lines written by,435Latest Eulogists of,545Lectures on, of Mackail,545Lyric experiments,157et sqq.,386Mental experiences worked into,173Method of composition,143-4Metres and Styles used in,109-10,210-11,258,286n.,287,345,349,350&n.2,386,387,414Models of,seeEchoes,supra,see alsoElizabethan, & HuntNaturalness of,395Nature of,541Nature Poems,see EndymionOdes written in 1819,352et sqq.Opinions on, in the early ‘40’s,528Poems, published,85et sqq.Poor sale of,526,528Posthumous, two printed in Milnes’s book,537in progress and written in early 1819,339Promise in, of Dramatic and Ironic power,222Publishing schemes (1819),366Referring to his love for Fanny Brawne,334et sqq.Revision of, uncertainty and un-wisdom shewn in,469Rimes used by,119,210-11,307Self-expression in,222-3,411Snatches expressive of Moods,424-5Speculative and symbolic meanings underlying, the key to,153-4Sterling’s appreciation of,528Technique of,see alsoMetre, Rime, &c.,88Thackeray’s allusion to,538Unquenchable by literary work done on them,546Unwritten, his distress over,534,548Value of, to the reader,546,548as Poet, Milnes’s words on,536Poetic impulses, causes checking, in 1819,339,340,437Political interests and views of,14,25,371Portraits of, by Haydon,462, Severn,328,495,511,533Reflections by, ethical and cosmic,344-5Spirit of poetry and pleasantness retained by, to the end,511Sayingson AbandoningHyperion, and on its Miltonisms,436; on Beauty and Truth,418; on Brotherly affection,271; on Brown’s regular habits,281; on Bailey’s appetite for books,133-4; on theBlackwoodarticle on Hunt,152; on Fanny Brawne’s appearance &c.,329; on Brown’s rummaging out his old sonnets,352n.; on Devonshire weather and folk,260-1,262; on the Effect of the Reviews on the public,340-1; onEndymion, his aims in,165,237, his dissatisfaction with it,150, and its defence by his friends,314-15, on its theme,148; on Endymion’s confession,180; on George Keats’s money troubles,371; on Hazlitt’s Shakespearean Lectures,68; on his ambitions as Poet,324; on his feelings on life and literature,364; on his own attitude to women,288; on his own capacity for judging paintings,256; on his own character,153-4,200-1,223,497, as poet,269,314-15; on his own need of Poetry,136; on his own place in Poetry,543; on his plans forHyperion,426; on his own pride &c.,368; on his poetry, and determination never to write for writing’s sake or for a livelihood,339-40; on his poetry-writing idleness, (1819),342,348,349,352,353; on his ‘posthumous existence,’505-6,510; on his sensations in ordinary society,326; on his own skill as operator,29; on his state of mind in 1819,356,380,491-2; on his unwritten poems,534,548; on his wishes as to future work (Nov. 1819),380-1; on his work on theOde to Psyche,413-14; on the Ireby dancing-school,277&n.,278; on the Lasinio engravings,325; on a mawkish popularity,313; on his Nile sonnet and other writings (1818),256; on the quarrels of his friends,255; on theQuarterly’sattack and its good results,326; on his reading, and on his mental state (1819),341,342; on the Scotch tour,289; on Sickness, in the lighter vein,263; on some friction with Hunt and others,150-1; on street quarrels,81; on three witty friends,383; on Winchester ways,371; on Wordsworth in 1817,250, on his dogmatism and Hunt’s,252-3, on his genius and Milton’s,266Keats, Mrs George (néeWylie,q.v., later Mrs. Jeffrey),323,365

June 1819-Feb. 1821

June 1819-Feb. 1821

Stay at Shanklin and work onLamiaandKing Otho,358et sqq.; love letters from, to Fanny Brawne,360et sqq.; stay at Winchester,362,369; letters from,370et sqq.; determination to work for the Press,373; his financial position,373; attempted parting from Brown, stay with the Dilkes and return to Brown at Hampstead,374-6; collaboration with Brown,375et sqq.,387; fluctuating spirits of, before his seizure,375; hard work,375-6,379; inward sufferings,376et sqq.; laudanum—taking by(1819),379,380,505et sqq.; financial position, at this time,379; trouble and health failure,375et sqq.;work of this period,436et sqq.;the fatal chill,384,455; invalid life,456et sqq.; letters from his sick bed,455; slight improvement,460; relapses,462; at Kentish Town,463,466,468; Shelley’s invitation to Italy,467-8; work published while at Kentish Town,268-9; theLamiavolume issued,470et sqq., the Reviews again severe,473et sqq.; stay with the Brawnes,468,485; wintering in Italy decided on, with Severn as companion,485-7; the voyage,486et sqq.; life in Naples,496et sqq., and in Rome,503; his ‘posthumous existence’384,504,510; the last days,505et sqq.; choice by, of his own epitaph,510,523-4; death,512, and after,513et sqq.; burial place and memorial stone,510,523-4; the ‘might-have been’ had he lived,548et sqq.; posthumous attacks on, in, and byBlackwood,519-20, De Quincey,528-9 &n., andQuarterly Review,527-8; rare allusion by, to the Reviews,521; Shelley’s lament for, inAdonais,517-19

Stay at Shanklin and work onLamiaandKing Otho,358et sqq.; love letters from, to Fanny Brawne,360et sqq.; stay at Winchester,362,369; letters from,370et sqq.; determination to work for the Press,373; his financial position,373; attempted parting from Brown, stay with the Dilkes and return to Brown at Hampstead,374-6; collaboration with Brown,375et sqq.,387; fluctuating spirits of, before his seizure,375; hard work,375-6,379; inward sufferings,376et sqq.; laudanum—taking by(1819),379,380,505et sqq.; financial position, at this time,379; trouble and health failure,375et sqq.;work of this period,436et sqq.;the fatal chill,384,455; invalid life,456et sqq.; letters from his sick bed,455; slight improvement,460; relapses,462; at Kentish Town,463,466,468; Shelley’s invitation to Italy,467-8; work published while at Kentish Town,268-9; theLamiavolume issued,470et sqq., the Reviews again severe,473et sqq.; stay with the Brawnes,468,485; wintering in Italy decided on, with Severn as companion,485-7; the voyage,486et sqq.; life in Naples,496et sqq., and in Rome,503; his ‘posthumous existence’384,504,510; the last days,505et sqq.; choice by, of his own epitaph,510,523-4; death,512, and after,513et sqq.; burial place and memorial stone,510,523-4; the ‘might-have been’ had he lived,548et sqq.; posthumous attacks on, in, and byBlackwood,519-20, De Quincey,528-9 &n., andQuarterly Review,527-8; rare allusion by, to the Reviews,521; Shelley’s lament for, inAdonais,517-19

Character and characteristics

Character and characteristics

Admiration of, for Chatterton,146-7Artistic tastes of,66,92,255-6,325in Boyhood,9et sqq.; in Young Manhood,24,25Brotherly affection of,3,11,13,24,262,268,271,371,382-4,see alsoKeats, Fanny, George, and TomContrasted with Shelley,72-3Conversation of,145-7,459n.Devotion of, to his Mother,7,14-15Duality of,15,318Early tendency to rhyming,7Feeling of, for the poetry of the past,38Genius of,128-9,234,267-8,484,550His own statements on,153,200-1,223,269,368,497Indecision, Indefiniteness and Variableness of,128-9,142,173,223,269,270,314,315-16,545Interest of, in history and politics,371Keenness of perception,52Late awakening of literary proclivities,12Limitations due to social setting,444Love of

Admiration of, for Chatterton,146-7

Artistic tastes of,66,92,255-6,325

in Boyhood,9et sqq.; in Young Manhood,24,25

Brotherly affection of,3,11,13,24,262,268,271,371,382-4,see alsoKeats, Fanny, George, and Tom

Contrasted with Shelley,72-3

Conversation of,145-7,459n.

Devotion of, to his Mother,7,14-15

Duality of,15,318

Early tendency to rhyming,7

Feeling of, for the poetry of the past,38

Genius of,128-9,234,267-8,484,550

His own statements on,153,200-1,223,269,368,497

Indecision, Indefiniteness and Variableness of,128-9,142,173,223,269,270,314,315-16,545

Interest of, in history and politics,371

Keenness of perception,52

Late awakening of literary proclivities,12

Limitations due to social setting,444

Love of

English spring flowers,446-7Liberty, foundations of,14the Moon,22,123-4,153,215-16et sqq.Nature, and its expression in his poems,21,22,36,79-80,84,90,113,114,122-3,128,144,149,152-3,159et sqq.,216et sqq.,226,232

English spring flowers,446-7

Liberty, foundations of,14

the Moon,22,123-4,153,215-16et sqq.

Nature, and its expression in his poems,21,22,36,79-80,84,90,113,114,122-3,128,144,149,152-3,159et sqq.,216et sqq.,226,232

as Lover, seen in his letters,360et sqq.Loyalty to his given word,379Manner,143Manners,31,32,81459n.as Mimic,81-2Modesty,269,313,314Morbidity of Temperament,11,12,15,80,139,464-5Morals,32Naturalness and simplicity,143Perceptiveness,441-2Pride,15,31,313Pugnacity as schoolboy,10et sqq.,17, in later years,17Reading, and Reading gifts of,81,366

as Lover, seen in his letters,360et sqq.

Loyalty to his given word,379

Manner,143

Manners,31,32,81459n.

as Mimic,81-2

Modesty,269,313,314

Morbidity of Temperament,11,12,15,80,139,464-5

Morals,32

Naturalness and simplicity,143

Perceptiveness,441-2

Pride,15,31,313

Pugnacity as schoolboy,10et sqq.,17, in later years,17

Reading, and Reading gifts of,81,366

Wide range of,88

Wide range of,88

Religious indefiniteness,51,71,509Reserve and inward bitterness (1820),382,383Sensitiveness as to his origin,71-2Skill of, in friendship,255Social qualities, powers and taste,81-2as Sportsman,326Temper of,145Tender-heartedness &c.,444Thirst for knowledge,260,265,269‘Vein of flint and iron’ in,15,315Voice,81,145

Religious indefiniteness,51,71,509

Reserve and inward bitterness (1820),382,383

Sensitiveness as to his origin,71-2

Skill of, in friendship,255

Social qualities, powers and taste,81-2

as Sportsman,326

Temper of,145

Tender-heartedness &c.,444

Thirst for knowledge,260,265,269

‘Vein of flint and iron’ in,15,315

Voice,81,145

Chief agent in revitalization of Greek mythology,220et sqq.Critics and commentators of,540as Dramatist,441et sqq.Epitaph of, chosen by himself,510,

Chief agent in revitalization of Greek mythology,220et sqq.

Critics and commentators of,540

as Dramatist,441et sqq.

Epitaph of, chosen by himself,510,

effect of, on public opinion on his Poems,523-4

effect of, on public opinion on his Poems,523-4

Eulogists of,544-5Fame of, slow growth and spread of,520,526et sqq.; triumph of,536,540; forecasts on its disability,546-8Favourite flowers of,510Friends and Friendships of,see alsoNames of Friends

Eulogists of,544-5

Fame of, slow growth and spread of,520,526et sqq.; triumph of,536,540; forecasts on its disability,546-8

Favourite flowers of,510

Friends and Friendships of,see alsoNames of Friends

Estrangement from, in illness,465Indignation of, at the Reviews,309et sqq.,516et sqq.,522Love of his friends,513et sqq.,521Loyalty of, long surviving,527

Estrangement from, in illness,465

Indignation of, at the Reviews,309et sqq.,516et sqq.,522

Love of his friends,513et sqq.,521

Loyalty of, long surviving,527

Heir of the Elizabethans,171Italian Studies of,370,398Letters from, and to,see, chiefly,underNames of Correspondents,and Epistles

Heir of the Elizabethans,171

Italian Studies of,370,398

Letters from, and to,see, chiefly,underNames of Correspondents,and Epistles

Bradley’s lectures on,545Compared with Shelley’s,541Dr. Garnett on,541onEndymion,150,151,153, value of, in the study of the poem,154Journal-letters from, to George Keats, value of,317et sqq.Riches of,262et sqq.Self-revelation in,153-4,371

Bradley’s lectures on,545

Compared with Shelley’s,541

Dr. Garnett on,541

onEndymion,150,151,153, value of, in the study of the poem,154

Journal-letters from, to George Keats, value of,317et sqq.

Riches of,262et sqq.

Self-revelation in,153-4,371

Library of

Library of

Books in,228n.,390n.,379n.1,447n.

Books in,228n.,390n.,379n.1,447n.

List of,556et sqq.

List of,556et sqq.

Poems and Verses by,see also, and chiefly, underNames

Poems and Verses by,see also, and chiefly, underNames

Achievements,385et sqq.Beauties in,368Charm of,119-20Cockneyism charged against (see alsoCockney School),109n.Collected

Achievements,385et sqq.

Beauties in,368

Charm of,119-20

Cockneyism charged against (see alsoCockney School),109n.

Collected

Editions of

Editions of

First English,520Forman’s,544,549, &seefootnotesGalignani’s,159n.,527Milnes’s,520,531et sqq.

First English,520

Forman’s,544,549, &seefootnotes

Galignani’s,159n.,527

Milnes’s,520,531et sqq.

Concordance to, published by Cornell University,575Copy of, carried about by Shelley,521,522Couplet as used in,93et sqq.,113-14,207et sqq.,209n.Criticism of, easy,119-20Echoes in, of earlier poets,89,90et passimEarly writings,22-3Elizabethan influence on,389,479Essential principle of versification,208Faults avoided in,209Faults existing in,50,186,187,207et sqq.,211,212,213,214-15,221,307,368,459Felicitous compound epithets in,412-13Flippant note in,404Fragments and experiments,385,417et sqq.

Concordance to, published by Cornell University,575

Copy of, carried about by Shelley,521,522

Couplet as used in,93et sqq.,113-14,207et sqq.,209n.

Criticism of, easy,119-20

Echoes in, of earlier poets,89,90et passim

Early writings,22-3

Elizabethan influence on,389,479

Essential principle of versification,208

Faults avoided in,209

Faults existing in,50,186,187,207et sqq.,211,212,213,214-15,221,307,368,459

Felicitous compound epithets in,412-13

Flippant note in,404

Fragments and experiments,385,417et sqq.

Insight into Keats’s mind and genius from,424et sqq.

Insight into Keats’s mind and genius from,424et sqq.

Fugitive pieces,256-7Genius in, Evocative not Expository,128-9,234,267-8Gift of, to Browning and the effect,526Growing appreciation of,520,526et sqq.Inspiration of, from

Fugitive pieces,256-7

Genius in, Evocative not Expository,128-9,234,267-8

Gift of, to Browning and the effect,526

Growing appreciation of,520,526et sqq.

Inspiration of, from

Art,54,92,117,122,200,219,231n.,264,414-16 &n.,417,446Nature,21-2,122-3Sources, nature of,165-6

Art,54,92,117,122,200,219,231n.,264,414-16 &n.,417,446

Nature,21-2,122-3

Sources, nature of,165-6

Last lines written by,435Latest Eulogists of,545Lectures on, of Mackail,545Lyric experiments,157et sqq.,386Mental experiences worked into,173Method of composition,143-4Metres and Styles used in,109-10,210-11,258,286n.,287,345,349,350&n.2,386,387,414Models of,seeEchoes,supra,see alsoElizabethan, & HuntNaturalness of,395Nature of,541Nature Poems,see EndymionOdes written in 1819,352et sqq.Opinions on, in the early ‘40’s,528Poems, published,85et sqq.Poor sale of,526,528Posthumous, two printed in Milnes’s book,537in progress and written in early 1819,339Promise in, of Dramatic and Ironic power,222Publishing schemes (1819),366Referring to his love for Fanny Brawne,334et sqq.Revision of, uncertainty and un-wisdom shewn in,469Rimes used by,119,210-11,307Self-expression in,222-3,411Snatches expressive of Moods,424-5Speculative and symbolic meanings underlying, the key to,153-4Sterling’s appreciation of,528Technique of,see alsoMetre, Rime, &c.,88Thackeray’s allusion to,538Unquenchable by literary work done on them,546Unwritten, his distress over,534,548Value of, to the reader,546,548

Last lines written by,435

Latest Eulogists of,545

Lectures on, of Mackail,545

Lyric experiments,157et sqq.,386

Mental experiences worked into,173

Method of composition,143-4

Metres and Styles used in,109-10,210-11,258,286n.,287,345,349,350&n.2,386,387,414

Models of,seeEchoes,supra,see alsoElizabethan, & Hunt

Naturalness of,395

Nature of,541

Nature Poems,see Endymion

Odes written in 1819,352et sqq.

Opinions on, in the early ‘40’s,528

Poems, published,85et sqq.

Poor sale of,526,528

Posthumous, two printed in Milnes’s book,537

in progress and written in early 1819,339

Promise in, of Dramatic and Ironic power,222

Publishing schemes (1819),366

Referring to his love for Fanny Brawne,334et sqq.

Revision of, uncertainty and un-wisdom shewn in,469

Rimes used by,119,210-11,307

Self-expression in,222-3,411

Snatches expressive of Moods,424-5

Speculative and symbolic meanings underlying, the key to,153-4

Sterling’s appreciation of,528

Technique of,see alsoMetre, Rime, &c.,88

Thackeray’s allusion to,538

Unquenchable by literary work done on them,546

Unwritten, his distress over,534,548

Value of, to the reader,546,548

as Poet, Milnes’s words on,536Poetic impulses, causes checking, in 1819,339,340,437Political interests and views of,14,25,371Portraits of, by Haydon,462, Severn,328,495,511,533Reflections by, ethical and cosmic,344-5Spirit of poetry and pleasantness retained by, to the end,511Sayings

as Poet, Milnes’s words on,536

Poetic impulses, causes checking, in 1819,339,340,437

Political interests and views of,14,25,371

Portraits of, by Haydon,462, Severn,328,495,511,533

Reflections by, ethical and cosmic,344-5

Spirit of poetry and pleasantness retained by, to the end,511

Sayings

on AbandoningHyperion, and on its Miltonisms,436; on Beauty and Truth,418; on Brotherly affection,271; on Brown’s regular habits,281; on Bailey’s appetite for books,133-4; on theBlackwoodarticle on Hunt,152; on Fanny Brawne’s appearance &c.,329; on Brown’s rummaging out his old sonnets,352n.; on Devonshire weather and folk,260-1,262; on the Effect of the Reviews on the public,340-1; onEndymion, his aims in,165,237, his dissatisfaction with it,150, and its defence by his friends,314-15, on its theme,148; on Endymion’s confession,180; on George Keats’s money troubles,371; on Hazlitt’s Shakespearean Lectures,68; on his ambitions as Poet,324; on his feelings on life and literature,364; on his own attitude to women,288; on his own capacity for judging paintings,256; on his own character,153-4,200-1,223,497, as poet,269,314-15; on his own need of Poetry,136; on his own place in Poetry,543; on his plans forHyperion,426; on his own pride &c.,368; on his poetry, and determination never to write for writing’s sake or for a livelihood,339-40; on his poetry-writing idleness, (1819),342,348,349,352,353; on his ‘posthumous existence,’505-6,510; on his sensations in ordinary society,326; on his own skill as operator,29; on his state of mind in 1819,356,380,491-2; on his unwritten poems,534,548; on his wishes as to future work (Nov. 1819),380-1; on his work on theOde to Psyche,413-14; on the Ireby dancing-school,277&n.,278; on the Lasinio engravings,325; on a mawkish popularity,313; on his Nile sonnet and other writings (1818),256; on the quarrels of his friends,255; on theQuarterly’sattack and its good results,326; on his reading, and on his mental state (1819),341,342; on the Scotch tour,289; on Sickness, in the lighter vein,263; on some friction with Hunt and others,150-1; on street quarrels,81; on three witty friends,383; on Winchester ways,371; on Wordsworth in 1817,250, on his dogmatism and Hunt’s,252-3, on his genius and Milton’s,266

on AbandoningHyperion, and on its Miltonisms,436; on Beauty and Truth,418; on Brotherly affection,271; on Brown’s regular habits,281; on Bailey’s appetite for books,133-4; on theBlackwoodarticle on Hunt,152; on Fanny Brawne’s appearance &c.,329; on Brown’s rummaging out his old sonnets,352n.; on Devonshire weather and folk,260-1,262; on the Effect of the Reviews on the public,340-1; onEndymion, his aims in,165,237, his dissatisfaction with it,150, and its defence by his friends,314-15, on its theme,148; on Endymion’s confession,180; on George Keats’s money troubles,371; on Hazlitt’s Shakespearean Lectures,68; on his ambitions as Poet,324; on his feelings on life and literature,364; on his own attitude to women,288; on his own capacity for judging paintings,256; on his own character,153-4,200-1,223,497, as poet,269,314-15; on his own need of Poetry,136; on his own place in Poetry,543; on his plans forHyperion,426; on his own pride &c.,368; on his poetry, and determination never to write for writing’s sake or for a livelihood,339-40; on his poetry-writing idleness, (1819),342,348,349,352,353; on his ‘posthumous existence,’505-6,510; on his sensations in ordinary society,326; on his own skill as operator,29; on his state of mind in 1819,356,380,491-2; on his unwritten poems,534,548; on his wishes as to future work (Nov. 1819),380-1; on his work on theOde to Psyche,413-14; on the Ireby dancing-school,277&n.,278; on the Lasinio engravings,325; on a mawkish popularity,313; on his Nile sonnet and other writings (1818),256; on the quarrels of his friends,255; on theQuarterly’sattack and its good results,326; on his reading, and on his mental state (1819),341,342; on the Scotch tour,289; on Sickness, in the lighter vein,263; on some friction with Hunt and others,150-1; on street quarrels,81; on three witty friends,383; on Winchester ways,371; on Wordsworth in 1817,250, on his dogmatism and Hunt’s,252-3, on his genius and Milton’s,266

Keats, Mrs George (néeWylie,q.v., later Mrs. Jeffrey),323,365


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