| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | IV. “On Leigh Hunt’s Poem, the ‘Story of Rimini’” | | By John Keats (1795–1821) |
| | | WHO loves to peer up at the morning sun, | |
| With half-shut eyes and comfortable cheek, | |
| Let him, with this sweet tale, full often seek | |
| For meadows where the little rivers run; | |
| Who loves to linger with that brightest one | 5 |
| Of Heaven—Hesperus—let him lowly speak | |
| These numbers to the night, and starlight meek, | |
| Or moon, if that her hunting be begun. | |
| He who knows these delights, and too is prone | |
| To moralize upon a smile or tear, | 10 |
| Will find at once a region of his own, | |
| A bower for his spirit, and will steer | |
| To alleys where the fir-tree drops its cone, | |
| Where robins hop, and fallen leaves are sear. | | | | |
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