Talk:The Poetical Works of John Keats/Ode on Melancholy

What sort of philosophical ideology can be identified in 'ode on melancholy'?

Doing your own homework. And Transience. 168.69.134.1 16:16, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

page scan
this has been converted to page scans, the previous version appears to be unsourced and is now contained in the edit history. Cygnis insignis (talk) 03:50, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

The Original First Stanza
[removed from unsourced version] This stanza originally began the poem, but was removed before publication:

Though you should build a bark of dead men's bones, And rear a phantom gibbet for a mast, Stitch creeds together for a sail, with groans To fill it out, bloodstained and aghast; Although your rudder be a Dragon's tail, Long sever'd, yet still hard with agony, Your cordage large uprootings from the skull Of bald Medusa; certes you would fail To find the Melancholy, whether she Dreameth in any isle of Lethe dull.

Praise
I am so impressed with Wikisource for providing page scans of the original publication. That's something I've dreamed of for the project. That kind of instantly-accessible verifiability is exactly the kind of thing wiki projects need to shake their reputation for unreliability. Keep up the good work, guys! † Raifʻhār Doremítzwr (talk) 01:29, 3 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for noting that, if you want to have a go yourself then copy what you found here. It's easy when you've done it a couple of times, happy to show you how. Cygnis insignis (talk) 01:36, 3 April 2010 (UTC)