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Quotation from Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats
“Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!”
Ode on a Grecian Urn, Stanza 5, lines 44-45 (1820 text)
The urn baffles reasoning as thoughts of eternity do, and the speaker names its chill.
Citation: "Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!" — John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn, Stanza 5, lines 44-45 (1820 text). (id ode-on-a-grecian-urn-q7)
Portrait: Keats urn, John Keats, Public domain.
