1820
MS Keats 1.79. Bequest of Amy Lowell, 1925. |
John Keats. Autograph letter to Fanny Brawne, [Kentish Town, June [?] 1820].
Upon my soul I have loved you to the extreme. I wish you could know the Tenderness with which I continually brood over your different aspects of countenance, action and dress. I see you come down in the morning: I see you meet me at the Window - I see every thing over again eternally that I ever have seen... .If I am destined to be happy with you here - how short is the longest Life - I wish to believe in immortality - I wish to live with you for ever... Let me be but certain that you are mine heart and soul, and I could die more happily than I could otherwise live.
MS Keats 1.79. Bequest of Amy Lowell, 1925.