by John Keats

by John Keats
     The poetry of earth is never dead：
     When all the birds are faint with the hot sun，
     And hide in cooling trees， a voice will run
     From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead；
     That is the Grasshopper's—he takes the lead
     In summer luxury，he has never done
     With his delights； for when tired out with fun
     He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
     The poetry of earth is ceasing never：
     On a lone winter evening， when the frost
     Has wrought silence， from the stove there shrills
     The Cricket's song， in warmth increasing ever，
     And seems to one in drowsiness half lost，
     The Grasshopper's among some grassy hills.