--- title: "8 Green Quotes By John Keats" description: "8 Green quotes by John Keats. Plus more from John Keats and more Green sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/john-keats-620_april_when-the-melancholy-fit-shall-fall-sudde_329852.jpg" --- > [When the melancholy fit shall fall Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud, That fosters the droop-headed flowers all, And hides the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/when-the-melancholy-fit-shall-fall-sudden-from-heaven-like-a-weeping/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/john-keats-620_april_when-the-melancholy-fit-shall-fall-sudde_329852.jpg) > [In a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy tree, Thy branches ne'er remember Their green felicity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/in-a-drear-nighted-december-too-happy-happy-tree-thy-branches-ne-er/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/john-keats-620_branches_in-a-drear-nighted-december-too-happy-ha_597520.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) > [Ay, on the shores of darkness there is a light, and precipices show untrodden green; there is a budding morrow in midnight;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/ay-on-the-shores-of-darkness-there-is-a-light-and-precipices-show/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/380/john-keats-620_blindness_ay-on-the-shores-of-darkness-there-is-a_985669.jpg) > [The genius of poetry must work out its own salvation in a man; it cannot be matured by law and precept, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/the-genius-of-poetry-must-work-out-its-own-salvation-in-a-man-it/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10e/john-keats-620_ads_the-genius-of-poetry-must-work-out-its-o_1076041.jpg) > [Who, of men, can tell That flowers would bloom, or that green fruit would swell To melting pulp, that fish would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/who-of-men-can-tell-that-flowers-would-bloom-or-that-green-fruit/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/john-keats-620_earth_who-of-men-can-tell-that-flowers-would-b_1511016.jpg) > [...I leaped headlong into the Sea, and thereby have become more acquainted with the Soundings, the quicksands, and the rocks, than if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/i-leaped-headlong-into-the-sea-and-thereby-have-become-more/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/john-keats-620_advice_i-leaped-headlong-into-the-sea-and-there_1603653.jpg) > [Young playmates of the rose and daffodil, Be careful ere ye enter in, to fill Your baskets high With fennel green, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/young-playmates-of-the-rose-and-daffodil-be-careful-ere-ye-enter-in/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/106/john-keats-620_baskets_young-playmates-of-the-rose-and-daffodil_3105342.jpg) ## Other authors on Green ## 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/green/john-keats/#itemlist", "name": "8 Green Quotes By John Keats", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When the melancholy fit shall fall Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud, That fosters the droop-headed flowers all, And hides the green hill in an April shroud; Then glut thy sorrow on a morning rose.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Keats" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/when-the-melancholy-fit-shall-fall-sudden-from-heaven-like-a-weeping/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/john-keats-620_april_when-the-melancholy-fit-shall-fall-sudde_329852.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/john-keats-620_april_when-the-melancholy-fit-shall-fall-sudde_329852.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/john-keats-620_april_when-the-melancholy-fit-shall-fall-sudde_329852.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When the melancholy fit shall fall Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud, That fosters the droop-headed…” — John Keats", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy tree, Thy branches ne'er remember Their green felicity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Keats" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/in-a-drear-nighted-december-too-happy-happy-tree-thy-branches-ne-er/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/john-keats-620_branches_in-a-drear-nighted-december-too-happy-ha_597520.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/john-keats-620_branches_in-a-drear-nighted-december-too-happy-ha_597520.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/john-keats-620_branches_in-a-drear-nighted-december-too-happy-ha_597520.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy tree, Thy branches ne'er remember Their green felicity.” — John Keats", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How astonishingly does the chance of leaving the world improve a sense of its natural beauties upon us. 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