Comments on: At John Keats’ House

By: Tom French

Tom French — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 08:00:00 +0000

Loved the article and I was especially interested in the photograph depicting the font where John Keats was baptised in 1795. This has a special interest for me because between 1829 and 1887 more than a dozen of my ancestors were baptised at this font.

By: gioconda

gioconda — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 11:21:33 +0000

“Bards of Passion and of Mirth,
Ye have left your souls on earth!
Ye have souls in heaven too,
Double-lived in regions new!”

“To the Poets” John Keats

It always amazes me that you find the right tone, the right rhythm, to enhance the subject of your discourse! I feel the bittersweet melancholy of the poet and his place. Another fine piece–thank you!

By: Julianna

Julianna — Wed, 21 May 2014 19:16:49 +0000

I wrote an article on Keats about a year ago when a miniature portrait of his likeness was auctioned at Bonham’s in London. I liked your story much better. Thanks for an interesting and informative read about one of the greats of English literature. 🙂

By: joan

joan — Wed, 21 May 2014 12:43:10 +0000

Like Suzy I immediately thought that I must watch ‘Bright Star’ again! Have never visited this house and really should. Our school (Bishop Challoner in Stepney) took us on a trip to Rome when we were 16 – primarily to see the Pope. A group of us were taken to visit Keats House by the Spanish steps. If ever something was wasted on the young………

By: rosie Antrobus

rosie Antrobus — Wed, 21 May 2014 10:29:34 +0000

Check out the ongoing celebration of living poetry and spoken word events at Keats House for all to enjoy,some free. Also the library next door, now community run.

By: Suzy

Suzy — Wed, 21 May 2014 08:30:06 +0000

Lovely, lovely post. Thank you. Whenever I’m in The Big Shhmoke I never tire of a pootle in Hampstead village and the gardens of Keat’s house. I may have to watch Bright Star again this very evening. :o)

By: Achim

Achim — Wed, 21 May 2014 07:53:09 +0000

“A thing of beauty
is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases;
it will never
Pass into nothingness…”

ENDYMION by John Keats

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Greg Tingey

Greg Tingey — Wed, 21 May 2014 06:44:42 +0000

Nightingales on Hampstead Heath!
They used to sing in Epping Forest, too.
Down to about a total of 3000, now – summer visitor only, of course

By: sbw

sbw — Wed, 21 May 2014 06:11:36 +0000

Thank you.

By: Constance Marie Pierce

Constance Marie Pierce — Wed, 21 May 2014 06:08:38 +0000

I recall, with great fondness, the weeks I spent in Hampstead Heath many years ago. I was in London on a faculty grant to research the sketchbooks of John Constable and J.M.W. Turner. I tramped all about the Heath looking for the locations of Constables sketches and paintings and visited Kenwood House to see the sketches of George Romney. Amidst it all, I spent many an afternoon at Keats House. I recall standing in the room (of your first picture) and looking long through the old glass of the window that Keats may have looked through to see Fannie and for his poetical inspiration. I so loved this place. (I seem to recall a library nearby that had an archive of originals sketches by Kate Greenway ~ is that still there?) Your photographs and narrative brought back so many memories of summer days filling up my sketchbooks in Hampstead Village and the Heath. I recall a bench at the end of Well Walk road where I used to imagine Keats might have rested after a walk. I lived in a flat on a street called Rudall Crescent. Thank you for sharing this remarkable and beautiful story!