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John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English Romantic poet. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, despite his works having been in publication for only four years before his death from tuberculosis at the age of 25. 🙁
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“SOME DAY YOU MAY BE AS OLD AS I AM. PLEASE TAKE MY ADVICE, AND DON’T WASTE YOUR SHORT LIFE. INVEST YOUR YOUTHFUL VITALITY IN YOUR ART. SHARE THE BEST OF YOUR SPIRIT WITH THE WORLD. YOUR BODY WILL DIE, BUT YOU CANNOT DIE. SO, DON’T WORRY ABOUT PETTY THINGS LIKE BODIES, MONEY AND POSSESSIONS. THEY PASS WITH THE BODY AND ARE MEANINGLESS. DON’T WORRY WHAT ANYONE THINKS OF YOU. DON’T SEEK APPROVAL, EXCEPT FROM YOURSELF.
YOUR ART AND IDEAS ARE SIGNS OF YOUR SPIRIT.
YOUR BEAUTY ENDURES FOREVER, AS DO YOU.”
— Lawrence R. Spencer. 2012
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A candy-colored clown they call the sandman tiptoes to my room every night just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper, “Go to sleep. Everything is alright.”
I close my eyes, Then I drift away…into the magic night.
I softly say a silent prayer, like dreamers do.
Then I fall asleep to dream… my dreams of you.
In dreams I walk with you.
In dreams I talk to you.
In dreams you’re mine.
All of the time we’re together… In dreams… In dreams.
But just before the dawn, I awake and find you gone.
I can’t help it… I can’t help it if I cry.
I remember that you said “goodbye”.
It’s too bad that all these things can only happen in my dreams…
Only in dreams… in beautiful dreams.”
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Lyrics written by Roy Orbison. In Dreams lyrics © Barbara Orbison Music Company, Orbi-Lee Music, R-Key Darkus, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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The Montreaux Jazz Festival in July 2010 was the last filmed performance by Gary Moore before his untimely death in February 2011. The song in this video is “STILL GOT THE BLUES FOR YOU”. It features incomparably heart-wrenching lyrics and one of the most magnificent guitar solos ever performed.
If you have ever been heartbroken over the loss of a Lover or Loved One this song will make you cry or feel like crying, not matter how long ago that loss may have happened. This is the ultimate “beautiful sadness” song. One of the reasons that a lost love is so painful and seems to forever is because the beauty, pleasurable moments , spiritual affinity we shared with our lost companion is indestructible. We cannot destroy or deny moments of pleasure, no matter how long or how hard we try. So, we might as well relish the beauty of sadness — and fondly remember the lost loves of our lives. They are far too few and too infrequent.
