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" In ancient days by emperor and clown:
Perhaps the self-same song that found a path
Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home,
She stood in tears amid the alien corn;
The same that oft-times hath
Charm’d magic casements, opening on the foam
Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. 70 "

John Keats , Complete Works of John Keats


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John Keats quote : In ancient days by emperor and clown:<br />Perhaps the self-same song that found a path<br />Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home,<br />She stood in tears amid the alien corn;<br />The same that oft-times hath<br />Charm’d magic casements, opening on the foam<br />Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. 70