| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | February 23 | | The Grave of Keats | | By Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) |
| | (Died Feb. 23, 1821)
RID of the world’s injustice, and his pain, | |
| He rests at last beneath God’s veil of blue; | |
| Taken from life when life and love were new | |
| The youngest of the martyrs here is lain, | |
| Fair as Sebastian, and as early slain. | 5 |
| No cypress shades his grave, no general yew, | |
| But gentle violets weeping with the dew | |
| Weave on his bones an ever blossoming chain. | |
| O proudest heart that broke by misery! | |
| O sweetest lips since those of Mitylene! | 10 |
| O poet-painter of our English land! | |
| Thy name was writ in water—it shall stand; | |
| And tears like mine will keep thy memory green, | |
| As Isabella did her Basil-tree. | | | | |
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