XII

by John Keats · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of La Belle Dame sans Merci

And this is why I sojourn here,

Alone and palely loitering,

Though the sedge is wither'd from the lake,

And no birds sing.

#desolation #existentialism #john keats #loneliness #melancholy #nature decay

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