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Keats' sonnet

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There is a poem by one of my favourite poets Robert Frost "Take something like a star" where another poem - a sonnet by Keats is mentioned. It seems like it's a very famous work, which is widely known. Since I don't know any of Keats' poems, I feel like I cannot enjoy Frost's poem as much as I could. Has anyone the slightest idea which sonnet could it be? And quote it here? Thanks.
 
In the poem "Take Something Like a Star" Robert Frost writes, "And steadfast as Keats' Eremite, Not even stooping from its sphere, It asks little of us here."

I think he's alluding to this one, Idun, but I'm not completely sure.

Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art—
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night,

And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like nature's patient sleepless eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors;
No—yet still steadfast, still unchangeable,
Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever—or else swoon to death.

Cheers, Martin :cool:
 
I'm a mysterious woman. I can't reveal my secret plans. Live in uncertainty. :)
 
No, Martin, I'm really grateful for your help. I just was yesterday in a weird mood for weird jokes. Sorry. Too much work, I suppose.
 
You've reminded me, my favorite vodka is polish. The name of it is a tad unpronounceable, but it's made from potatoes (Wolf is allergic to wheat) and oh so very cheap. Good work, there.
 
Actually, about 95% of the vodka sold in the states is grain-based. there are about 3 sold here that are potato vodkas.

No, the vodka is like Monopolvna with like 12 extras consonants in there.
 
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