2008
SU8604 : John Keats plaque, Eastgate Square
taken 17 years ago, near to Chichester, West Sussex, England

John Keats plaque, Eastgate Square
Here John Keats began to write The Eve of St Agnes 1819
"St. Agnes’ Eve—-Ah, bitter chill it was!
The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold;
The hare limp’d trembling through the frozen grass,
And silent was the flock in woolly fold:
Numb were the Beadsman’s fingers"
Numb were Keats' fingers too, as he saw the problem of writing poetry hanging from a second storey window and moved somewhere more comfortable. And warmer.
"St. Agnes’ Eve—-Ah, bitter chill it was!
The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold;
The hare limp’d trembling through the frozen grass,
And silent was the flock in woolly fold:
Numb were the Beadsman’s fingers"
Numb were Keats' fingers too, as he saw the problem of writing poetry hanging from a second storey window and moved somewhere more comfortable. And warmer.