Ode on a Grecian Urn
Ode on a Grecian Urn
by John Keats

Ode on a Grecian Urn Quotes

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Innocence Quotes

Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness, (line 1)

Transience Quotes

Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time, (line 2)

Wisdom and Knowledge Quotes

Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: (lines 3-4)

Sex Quotes

Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness, (line 1)

Art and Culture Quotes

Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: (lines 2-4)