Ernest DowsonI was not sorrowful, but only tired Of everything that ever I desired.
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The line "I was not sorrowful, but only tired" is often misquoted as "I was not sad, but only tired." The correct version is "I was not sorrowful, but only tired of everything that ever I desired." This line is the conclusion to the immortal poem , "Ode on a Grecian Urn," by John Keats. The poem's subject is a broken urn, which is a common symbol for mortal life. Keats ends the poem with the line, “I was not sorrowful, but only tired of everything that ever I desired.” This means that he had finally arrived at the realization that his life had reached its end. He could no longer desire any more of what he had already experienced.
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