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	An Introduction to "Bright Star"
		Keats wrote "Bright Star" in 1819 and revised it in 1820, perhaps on the voyage to Italy.
		Emphasizing the star's sleeplessness is part of the characterization of the star's non-humanness, which makes it an impossible goal for a human being to aspire to.
		In contrast to the eternal sleeplessness and motionlessness of the star, the poet's not sleeping is active ("awake").
	academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /english/melani/cs6/star.html (727 words)

	Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art
		Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art is the first line of a sonnet by John Keats that was first published in a Plymouth newspaper in 1838.
		Addressed to a star the verse expresses the poet's wish to be as constant as the star while he presses against his sleeping love.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bright_Star (304 words)

	Classical E-Text: ARATUS, PHAENOMENA
		Not one lone star shines on his head, but on his brows are two stars lit, and two in his eyes, and one beneath is set upon the chin-point of the dread monster.
		They would be clear to mark even at the midmonth moon, but his hands are not at all so bright; for faint runs the gleam of stars along on this side and on that.
		Thou canst always add the signs of the passing season, comparing whether at rising or at setting of a start the day dawn such as the calendar would herald.
	www.theoi.com /Text/AratusPhaenomena.html (9961 words)

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		And all the lonelier stars that have their place, Calm lamps within the distant southern sky, And planet-dust upon the edge of space, Look down upon the fretful world, and I Look up to outer vastness unafraid And see the stars which sang when earth was made.
		John Skelton, 1495 ============================================ Aldebaran at Dusk Thou art the star for which all evening waits-- O star of peace, come tenderly and soon, Nor heed the drowsy and enchanted moon, Who dreams in silver at the eastern gates Ere yet she brim with light the blue estates Abandoned by the eagles of the noon.
		The stars leak drop by drop on the tin plates of the sea almonds, and the jeering clouds are luminously rumpled as the sheets.
	www.europa.com /~telscope/astrpoem.txt (10789 words)

	Flos Carmeli: Keats Formerly Last Poem For
		Reflections on the arts, Carmelite traditions and saints, and contemplation.
		Bright Star, Would I were Steadfast as Thou Art John Keats
		Keats wishes to be akin to the star in its steadfast illumination but not a lone and distant observer (first two lines).
	floscarmeli.stblogs.org /archives/2002/11/keats_formerly.html (169 words)

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		The energy of a star is produced in its core, but that energy must travel to the surface before it can expand outward into space as the light we see.
		The equation of state and the hydrostatic equilibrium condition ensure that the core is both sufficiently dense and hot for this fusion to occur.
		In a star, we know the latter from the hydrostatic equation and equation of state, so if we can measure the fusion probability, we can determine the typical time a given atom has to wait to fuse with another nucleus.
	www.astro.lsa.umich.edu /Course/Labs/starstruct/StarStruct.html (2881 words)

	Barbelith Underground > Books, Criticism & Writing > The romantic poets
		i would be intersted in a good potted history to go with the poetry, or perhaps something biographical.
		that would be especially useful in the cases of blake or keats, but anything of note would be good.
		As you imply, romanticism was seen as far more than a genre of poetry--it was rebirth of all the arts, and more than that, a design for living--a set of political and philosophical ideals that governed the public and private lives of these writers and artists.
	www.barbelith.com /topic/17022 (1235 words)

	Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art Summary
		Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art Summary
		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 ear...
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	Keats, "Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art"
		Keats, "Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art"
		Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art
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	classweb.gmu.edu /rnanian/Keats-BrightStar.html (121 words)

	John Keats - The Bright star! would I were stedfast as thou art- - Free Books 5000.com
		would I were stedfast as thou art- / Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night...
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		would I were stedfast as thou art-, but unless you get the CD, look at what you WON'T be able to do.
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	Sonnet bright star
		Bright Star In the eighteenth century, English poets generally stopped writing sonnets.
		And Keats, who had a special devotion to Shakespeare, seemed to see writing sonnets as a way to become in some ways a more Shakespearean poet--a challenge and a technical exercise, as well as a form within which he could work out his Keatsian themes.
		The sonnet begins with an apostrophe--a direct address to the star: "Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art." Such a direct address also implies some degree of personification of the star--that is, treating the star as if it has some human attributes.
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	The Star Cycle Pieces by Cliff Crego
		Mintaka—for percussion solo A new Star Cycle / Dance Project for
		[700 K] Intro: bright star: movements I and 2 for trumpet (in c) solo (large 11 x 17 format (A3)
		PDF of bright star: movements I and II
	www.cs-music.com /starcycle.html (535 words)

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		BRIGHT STAR WOULD I WERE STEADFAST AS THOU ART John Keats Keats, John (1795-1821) - Widely regarded as the most talented of the English romantic poets, Keats, whose work was poorly received during his lifetime, could not have foreseen his later recognition.
		would I were stedfast as thou art (1819) - Opening lines: Bright star!
		would I were stedfast as thou art- / Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night...
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	SparkNotes: Keats’s Odes: Themes, Motifs & Symbols
		The end of a lover’s embrace, the images on an ancient urn, the reaping of grain in autumn—all of these are not only symbols of death, but instances of it.
		As a writer, Keats hoped he would live long enough to achieve his poetic dream of becoming as great as Shakespeare or John Milton: in “Sleep and Poetry” (1817), Keats outlined a plan of poetic achievement that required him to read poetry for a decade in order to understand—and surpass—the work of his predecessors.
		In “Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art,” the speaker imagines a state of “sweet unrest” (12) in which he will remain half-conscious on his lover’s breast forever.
	www.sparknotes.com /poetry/keats/themes.html (1425 words)

	Flos Carmeli: November 10, 2002 - November 16, 2002 Archives
		It is the same horror (although admittedly on a far lesser scale) that I would have with being associated with Hitler, Stalin, or Leopold X of Belgium.
		Coulter would receive it as a compliment, but it was intended that way and it is a noble sentiment.
		Without this pivot the lever with which we would move the world is merely a stick we use to beat it into submission.
	floscarmeli.stblogs.org /archives/week_2002_11_10.html (6635 words)

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		And Bright Star..." CJ says, her voice trailing off with a sigh.
		CJ pauses for a moment and then nods almost unperceptively before planting a sweet and gentle kiss on Kira's lips and then laying back and just touching the auburn hair surrounding Kira's face between her fingers as Kira slides two fingers into her body.
		As she is replying to Josh's email regarding the latest secondary education funding report, Toby taps on her doorframe and steps over the threshold when she smiles in greeting.
	www.ashesofoldlovers.net /Star.htm (6837 words)

	Morning-Star Rising Newsletter - Spiritual guidance and counseling with a Christian emphasis for women. We provide ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
		Ga 4:7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
		Joh 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
	morning-star.com /newsletter-oct06.htm (1764 words)

	So Close: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
		But bloody hell; poetry exhausts me. It is pure torture to have to wade my way through stanza after stanza of jumbled up words trying to figure out what the fuck the person is trying to say.
		Poetry, like painting and much other art, is about form as well as content.
		When she would make her own clothing, I would borrow items and then hem them to fit me. I was so mean.
	www.tertia.org /so_close/2006/04/shall_i_compare.html (2727 words)

	Literature Network Forums - Choose Something Like A Star
		I thought that Frost is commenting on mankinds inability to find fulfillment with their discovers and that the star was a symbol for mans need to know everything.
		What I think the poem is saying to begin with is that we are maybe a little uncomfortable with not knowing everything about nature; we can't explain it all and don't understand all there is to know.
		But in the third, and ending paragraph, we see the beginning of acceptance on the part of the narrator as he/she realizes that the answers he seeks are not forthcoming and may never be known.
	www.online-literature.com /forums/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=16985 (859 words)

	Bright Star (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As in many of his poems, Keats is grappling with the paradox of the desire for permanence and a world of eternity (the star), while living in a world with a set time expectancy.
		It seems as if Keats understands an inevitable death and states, "And so live ever- or else swoon to death-." But, is there a possible doubtfulness in the last line; is Keats saying that even if love doesn't enable him to live forever, he will die content?
		In the second line he states, "Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night!" Keats is pointing out the star's isolation, as well as it's positive quality of splendor.
	www.clas.ufl.edu /boards/fall2003/f03-1829/messages/40.html (264 words)

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	Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art - John Keats - Kalliope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art - John Keats - Kalliope
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		Not in lone splendor hung aloft the night,
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	Assignment 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Each of the first three assignments will be simple explications of a poem.
		For the first assignment, carefully read John Keats's poem "Bright star, would that I were stedfast as thou art." Then read it carefully a second time.
		Write an explication of the poem that is no less than three and no more than four full pages (double spaced, Times New Roman 12 point font) that offers a clear thesis supported only from evidence drawn from the poem itself.
	www.unc.edu /~drfisher/english21/assignments/exp1.htm (195 words)

	The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, Mélodies, Chansons and other Vocal Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Please visit Artsconverge, a Lieder-related web-project on which I once did some work.
		by John Keats (1795-1821), "Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art", 1819?, published 1838
		Art songs / Lieder, choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text, listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
	www.recmusic.org /lieder/get_text.html?TextId=21736 (122 words)

	Mannequins in Dallas: April 2000
		Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art- Not in lone splendor hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature's patient sleepless Eremite [more]
		She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy days denies.
		Highland Park is one of the premier communities in Dallas.
	www.fashionwindows.com /mannequins/2000/000430.asp (207 words)

	Amazon.com: Ode On A Grecian Urn And Other Poems: Books: John Keats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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		For then, despite of space, I would be brought
		As soon as think the place where he would be.
		To leap large length of miles when thou art gone,
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	John Keats - Wikiquote
		That which is creative must create itself—In Endymion, I leaped headlong into the sea, and thereby have become better acquainted with the soundings, the quicksands, and the rocks, than if I had stayed upon the green shore, and piped a silly pipe, and took tea and comfortable sdvice.
		I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
		Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!
	en.wikiquote.org /wiki/John_Keats (2405 words)

	John Keats: Bright Star, Would I Were Stedfast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		John Keats: Bright Star, Would I Were Stedfast
		Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night
		And so live ever---or else swoon in death.
	www.eecs.harvard.edu /~keith/poems/BrightStar.html (50 words)

	Romantic Poems by John Keats — TheRomanticWay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hast thou from the caves of Golconda, a gem
		Hast thou a steed with a mane richly flowing?
		And wear'st thou the shield of the fam'd Britomartis?
	www.theromanticway.com /john-keats.html (1124 words)

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