This theme runs directly through the core of his Odes of 1819. ... Away for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But not on the viewless wings of Poesy". ... He realises the transitory nature of human life; and by the end of stanza six recognises that the Nightingale would not cease to sing if he were to die "Still wouldst thou sing, an I have ears in vain- To thy high requiem become a sod." ... Fled is that music- Do I wake or sleep?" ... They inherently show through lines such as "She dwells with Beauty- Beauty that must die" the inescapable truth of reality, that whic...

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