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 earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and the moors-- No--yet still stedfast, still unchangeable, Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast, To feel for ever its soft fall and swell, Awake for ever in a sweet unrest, Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath, And so live ever--or else swoon to death. Glanzvoller Stern! wär ich so stet wie du, Nicht hing ich nachts in einsam stolzer Pracht! SchautŽ nicht mit ewigem Blick beiseite zu, Einsiedler der Natur, auf hoher WachtBeim Priesterwerk der Reinigung, das die See, Die wogende, vollbringt am Meeresstrand;Noch starrt ich auf die Maske, die der SchneeSanft fallend frisch um Berg und Moore band. Nein, doch unwandelbar und unentwegt MöchtŽ ruhn ich an der Liebsten weicher Brust, Zu fühlen, wie es wogend dort sich regt, Zu wachen ewig in unruhiger Lust, Zu lauschen auf des Atems sanftes Wehen -So ewig leben - sonst im Tod vergehen! . John Keats
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Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art. When we first met I had no idea that we would become the best of friends. We were on completely different levels and we knew little about each other. There was no possibility that we could become romantically involved.

But, as time passed by our friendship grew and there was a chemistry between us which could not be denied. When I was with you I felt like I could do anything and everything. You gave me the confidence to go after things that I never thought possible of achieving.

And, you made me feel like a winner and not a loser because I was with you--and still am!

Source: Bright Star: Love Letters And Poems Of John Keats To Fanny Brawne

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