My appreciation John Keats has grown tremendously tonight after watching the movie Bright Star and learning more about his relationship with Fanny Brawne.
Can I just say my heart melted?
First Keats is British.
We all know that British guys are the way to go. ;)
Second he wrote the MOST romantic love letters to fanny
How romantic is that? I can't help but smile while reading it.
Third he wrote this wonderful poem for Fanny Brawne & called her his 'Bright Star'
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art—
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors—
No—yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,
Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever—or else swoon to death.
Can we all agree that John Keats is like the real life Mr. Darcy without all the "I can't marry you because it would go against my better judgement" stuff.
Keats and Fanny's love story is beautiful and I hope that Andrew and I can achieve a love as great as theirs.
I know this isn't really Keats and Fanny, but I believe that the actors did a wonderful job of capturing the passion and love between Keats and Fanny. Plus this picture is just down right adorable.
