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Poem by George Gordon Byron


John Keats


Who killed John Keats?
'I,' says the Quarterly,
So savage and Tartarly;
''Twas one of my feats.'

Who shot the arrow?
'The poet-priest Milman
(So ready to kill man),
Or Southey or Barrow. 

30 July 1821

George Gordon Byron

Poem Theme: John Keats

George Gordon Byron's other poems:
  1. The Spell Is Broke, the Charm Is Flown!
  2. To Florence
  3. Churchill’s Grave
  4. On a Change of Masters at a Great Public School
  5. Thoughts Suggested by a College Examination


Poems of the other poets with the same name:

  • Dante Rossetti John Keats ("The weltering London ways where children weep")
  • Richard Hovey John Keats ("IF thou canst not from some superior sphere")
  • Adelaide Crapsey John Keats ("Meet thou the event")
  • Alexander Anderson John Keats ("THERE be more things within that far-off breast")

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