FROM MY BALCONY

A thing of beauty is a joy forever,

It's loveliness increases, it will never

Pass into nothingness, but still will keep

A bower of quiet for us, and a sleep

Full of sweet dreams, and health

and quiet breathing.....



John Keats

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