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Fanny Brawne fiancée(spouse to be) of John Keats

 

POETS SPOUSE SERIES keats brawne

Keats fiancée Fanny Brawne

This love,unconsummated,is left
upon our lips.in poems few,
sweet words of passion,bereft-
contentment,neither knew


Bright Star -Story of Fanny Brawne&John Keats see the movie for more
Like himself,just five feet tall
but Fanny was his all 'n all,
Until death's forboding ,made it's call;
Just letters left for us to hear,
They cannot but ,bring forth a tear

A tribute to John Keats (the poet) and his sweetheart Fanny Brawne
and the courtship trgically ended by John's too early death.
Here is an extract from one of his letters to Fanny-
Pillowed upon my fair-love,ripening breast
To feel for ever its soft swell and fall
Awake forever in a sweet unrest
Still,still to hear her tender breath

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Alison A Smith October 9, 2026 at 4:15 AM The short, rhyming stanzas give this tribute a tenderness that suits its subject. The movement from love left “upon our lips” to the surviving letters draws passion and loss together, while the closing extract leaves the reader with an intimate sense of longing.