--- title: "5 Fancy Quotes By John Keats" description: "5 Fancy quotes by John Keats. Plus more from John Keats and more Fancy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/john-keats-620_autumn_four-seasons-fill-the-measure-of-the-yea_237633.jpg" --- > [“Four seasons fill the measure of the year; There are four seasons in the mind of Man: He has his lusty Spring,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/four-seasons-fill-the-measure-of-the-year-there-are-four-seasons-in/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/john-keats-620_autumn_four-seasons-fill-the-measure-of-the-yea_237633.jpg) > [A long poem is a test of invention which I take to be the Polar star of poetry, as fancy is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/a-long-poem-is-a-test-of-invention-which-i-take-to-be-the-polar-star/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/john-keats-620_fancy_a-long-poem-is-a-test-of-invention-which_323338.jpg) > [I never knew before, what such a love as you have made me feel, was; I did not believe in it; my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/i-never-knew-before-what-such-a-love-as-you-have-made-me-feel-was-i/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2e/john-keats-620_bears_i-never-knew-before-what-such-a-love-as_690074.jpg) > [How astonishingly does the chance of leaving the world improve a sense of its natural beauties upon us. Like poor Falstaff, although…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/how-astonishingly-does-the-chance-of-leaving-the-world-improve-a/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/john-keats-620_affection_how-astonishingly-does-the-chance-of-lea_837167.jpg) > [I came to feel how far above All fancy, pride, and fickle maidenhood, All earthly pleasure, all imagined good, Was the warm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/i-came-to-feel-how-far-above-all-fancy-pride-and-fickle-maidenhood/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/john-keats-620_fancy_i-came-to-feel-how-far-above-all-fancy-p_1596574.jpg) ## Other authors on Fancy ## More by John Keats > [A thing of beauty is a joy for ever;It's loveliness increase;it will never pass into nothingness;but still will keep a bower quiet for us,and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/a-thing-of-beauty-is-a-joy-for-ever-it-s-loveliness-increase-it-will/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) > [Phylosophy will clip an angel's wings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/phylosophy-will-clip-an-angel-s-wings/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) > [There was an awful rainbow once in heaven: We know her woof, her texture; she is given In the dull catalogue of common things.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/there-was-an-awful-rainbow-once-in-heaven-we-know-her-woof-her/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) > [“I was never afraid of failure; for I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/i-was-never-afraid-of-failure-for-i-would-sooner-fail-than-not-be/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) > [Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/thou-wast-not-born-for-death-immortal-bird-no-hungry-generations/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) > [Deep in the shady sadness of a vale Far sunken from the healthy breath of morn, Far from the fiery noon and eve's one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/deep-in-the-shady-sadness-of-a-vale-far-sunken-from-the-healthy/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) > [So let me be thy choir, and make a moan Upon the midnight hours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/so-let-me-be-thy-choir-and-make-a-moan-upon-the-midnight-hours/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) > [Everything that reminds me of her goes through me like a spear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/everything-that-reminds-me-of-her-goes-through-me-like-a-spear/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) > [I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for their religion - I have shudder'd at it. I shudder no more. I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/i-have-been-astonished-that-men-could-die-martyrs-for-their-religion/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) > [Dance and Provencal song and sunburnt mirth! On for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene! With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/dance-and-provencal-song-and-sunburnt-mirth-on-for-a-beaker-full-of/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) > [Many have original minds who do not think it - they are led away by custom!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/many-have-original-minds-who-do-not-think-it-they-are-led-away-by/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) > [Alas! when passion is both meek and wild!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/alas-when-passion-is-both-meek-and-wild/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) > [Load every rift with ore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/load-every-rift-with-ore/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) > [I shall soon be laid in the quiet grave - thank God for the quiet grave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/i-shall-soon-be-laid-in-the-quiet-grave-thank-god-for-the-quiet-grave/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) > [When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/when-old-age-shall-this-generation-waste-thou-shalt-remain-in-midst/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fancy/john-keats/#itemlist", "name": "5 Fancy Quotes By John Keats", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Four seasons fill the measure of the year; There are four seasons in the mind of Man: He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear Takes in all beauty with an easy span: He has his Summer, when luxuriously Spring's honeyed cud of youthful thought he loves To ruminate, and by such dreaming high Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings He furleth close; contented so to look On mists in idleness -to let fair things Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook: - He has his Winter too of pale misfeature, Or else he would forgo his mortal nature.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Keats" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/four-seasons-fill-the-measure-of-the-year-there-are-four-seasons-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/john-keats-620_autumn_four-seasons-fill-the-measure-of-the-yea_237633.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/john-keats-620_autumn_four-seasons-fill-the-measure-of-the-yea_237633.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/john-keats-620_autumn_four-seasons-fill-the-measure-of-the-yea_237633.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Four seasons fill the measure of the year; There are four seasons in the mind of Man: He has his lusty…” — John Keats", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A long poem is a test of invention which I take to be the Polar star of poetry, as fancy is the sails, and imagination the rudder.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Keats" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/a-long-poem-is-a-test-of-invention-which-i-take-to-be-the-polar-star/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/john-keats-620_fancy_a-long-poem-is-a-test-of-invention-which_323338.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/john-keats-620_fancy_a-long-poem-is-a-test-of-invention-which_323338.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/john-keats-620_fancy_a-long-poem-is-a-test-of-invention-which_323338.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A long poem is a test of invention which I take to be the Polar star of poetry, as fancy is the sails, and…” — John Keats", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never knew before, what such a love as you have made me feel, was; I did not believe in it; my Fancy was afraid of it, lest it should burn me up. 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