Endymion: A Poetic Romance

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Endymion: A Poetic Romance

by John Keats

EN·~3 hours·8 chapters

Chapters

8 total

ENDYMION:

0:13

PREFACE.

1:53

ERRATUM.

0:04

ENDYMION.

44:08

ENDYMION.

45:42

ENDYMION.

46:09

ENDYMION.

43:21

Transcriber's Notes

0:08

Description

A lush, lyrical opening invites listeners into a world where beauty itself seems to breathe. The narrator’s reverent voice celebrates nature’s quiet wonders—dawn‑lit forests, moonlit rivers, and the simple joys of pastoral life—setting a tone of wonder that feels both timeless and intimate. This celebration of the senses frames the poem’s central quest, inviting the ear to linger on each musical line.

The story follows Endymion, a humble shepherd whose heart is captured by the radiant moon goddess. Guided by love and a yearning for the divine, he embarks on a wander through enchanted valleys, ancient groves, and mythic realms, encountering mysterious spirits and testing the limits of mortal desire. Early on, his journey intertwines personal longing with the grand sweep of classical myth, hinting at the challenges that lie ahead without revealing their resolution.

Rendered in Keats’s richly textured verse, the work sings with a rhythm that makes the listening experience feel like a walk through a moon‑lit garden. Its blend of Romantic imagination and classical storytelling offers a meditative escape, perfect for anyone who loves poetry that moves both heart and mind.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (174K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Michael Roe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2008-01-14

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

John Keats

John Keats

1795–1821

A major voice of the English Romantic movement, his poems are loved for their rich imagery, musical language, and deep feeling. Though he died at just 25, works like Ode to a Nightingale, Ode on a Grecian Urn, and To Autumn made him one of the best-known poets in English.

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