Chapter I: Preface

The text of this edition is a reprint (page for page and line for line) of a copy of the 1820 edition in the British Museum. For convenience of reference line-numbers have been added; but this is the only change, beyond the correction of one or two misprints.

The books to which I am most indebted for the material used in the Introduction and Notes are _The Poems of John Keats_ with an Introduction and Notes by E. de Sélincourt, _Life of Keats_ (English Men of Letters Series) by Sidney Colvin, and _Letters of John Keats_ edited by Sidney Colvin. As a pupil of Dr. de Sélincourt I also owe him special gratitude for his inspiration and direction of my study of Keats, as well as for the constant help which I have received from him in the preparation of this edition. M. R.

CONTENTS

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PREFACE ii

LIFE OF KEATS v

ADVERTISEMENT 2

LAMIA. PART I 3

LAMIA. PART II 27

ISABELLA; OR, THE POT OF BASIL. A STORY FROM BOCCACCIO 47

THE EVE OF ST. AGNES 81

ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE 107

ODE ON A GRECIAN URN 113

ODE TO PSYCHE 117

FANCY 122

ODE ['Bards of Passion and of Mirth'] 128

LINES ON THE MERMAID TAVERN 131

ROBIN HOOD. TO A FRIEND 133

TO AUTUMN 137

ODE ON MELANCHOLY 140

HYPERION. BOOK I 145

HYPERION. BOOK II 167

HYPERION. BOOK III 191

NOTE ON ADVERTISEMENT 201

INTRODUCTION TO LAMIA 201

NOTES ON LAMIA 203

INTRODUCTION TO ISABELLA AND THE EVE OF ST. AGNES 210

NOTES ON ISABELLA 215

NOTES ON THE EVE OF ST. AGNES 224

INTRODUCTION TO THE ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE, ODE ON A GRECIAN
URN, ODE ON MELANCHOLY, AND TO AUTUMN 229

NOTES ON ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE 232

NOTES ON ODE ON A GRECIAN URN 235

INTRODUCTION TO ODE TO PSYCHE 236

NOTES ON ODE TO PSYCHE 237

INTRODUCTION TO FANCY 238

NOTES ON FANCY 238

NOTES ON ODE ['Bards of Passion and of Mirth'] 239

INTRODUCTION TO LINES ON THE MERMAID TAVERN 239

NOTES ON LINES ON THE MERMAID TAVERN 239

INTRODUCTION TO ROBIN HOOD 240

NOTES ON ROBIN HOOD 241

NOTES ON 'TO AUTUMN' 242

NOTES ON ODE ON MELANCHOLY 243