{"id":591,"date":"2015-03-06T07:15:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T07:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/englishhistory.net\/?p=591"},"modified":"2015-03-19T09:19:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T09:19:24","slug":"john-taylor-11-june-1820","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/keats\/letters\/john-taylor-11-june-1820\/","title":{"rendered":"John Keats Letter To John Taylor, 11 June 1820"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recipient:<\/h2>\n

John Taylor (1781-1864) was Keats’s publisher and friend. He provided financial assistance for Keats’s journey to Rome and briefly considered writing a biography of the poet after his death.<\/p>\n

Introduction:<\/h2>\n

This letter is typical of Keats’s short notes to his publisher. In it, he discusses revisions to The Eve of St Agnes.<\/p>\n

My dear Taylor,<\/p>\n

In reading over the proof of St. Agnes’ Eve since I left Fleet street I was struck with what appears to me an alteration in the 7th Stanza very much for the worse the passage I mean stands thus<\/p>\n

“her maiden eyes incline Still on the floor, while many a sweeping train Pass by–”<\/p>\n

Twas originally written<\/p>\n

“her maiden eyes divine Fix’d on the floor saw many a sweeping train Pass by–<\/p>\n

My meaning is quite destroyed in the alteration. I do not use train for concourse of passers by but for [Skits is crossed out by Keats] Skirts sweeping along the floor.<\/p>\n

In the first Stanza my copy reads–2nd line<\/p>\n

“bitter chill it was”<\/p>\n

to avoid the echo cold in the next line.<\/p>\n

ever yours sincerely
\nJohn Keats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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