Ode on a Grecian Urn
/ˌəʊd ɒn ə ˌɡriːʃn ˈɜːn/
/ˌəʊd ɑːn ə ˌɡriːʃn ˈɜːrn/
- a long poem (1820) by John Keats which describes how perfect art is when compared with natural things that change and grow old. Its most famous lines are:“Beauty is truth, truth beauty, — that is allYe know on earth, and all ye need to know.”
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Ode on a Grecian Urn