19世纪初英国三大浪漫主义诗人都生命短暂。拜伦活了36岁,雪莱30岁,济慈只有26岁。济慈(John Keats,1795～1821)出身平民,父亲是伦敦马厩管事,父母早亡。济慈14岁后独立生活,还要抚养两弟一妹。他从药剂师的徒弟做起,勉强维持生活。聪颖的他早露诗才,爱读古希腊、罗马诗歌。21岁断然弃医,专门从事诗创作,得到同行赏识,但受一些杂志的攻击,说他的诗是“喋喋不休的蠢话”。实际上济慈的诗音美、形美、意象美,只是他的神话长诗中确有一些模糊的片段。1819年前后他的杰作丰收,包括著名的《圣爱格尼斯之夜》、《心灵颂》、《无情的 At the beginning of the nineteenth century, all three British romantic poets lived short. Byron lived 36 years old, Shelley was 30 and Keats was only 26. Keats (1795-1821) was a civilian and his father was a London horseman, whose parents died prematurely. Keats lived independently after 14 years of age and raised two brothers and one sister. He started from the pharmacist’s apprentice and managed to maintain his life. He was smart enough to show his poetry and read ancient Greek and Roman poetry. At the age of 21, he renounced his doctors, specialized in poetic creation, and received peer recognition. However, he was attacked by some magazines and said that his poetry is a “chaotic chatter.” In fact, Keats’s beauty of poetry, beauty of form, and beauty of imagery are just some vague fragments of his mythical poems. His masterpieces harvested around 1819, including the famous “St. Agnes’ Night”, “Ode to the Heart”, and "Relentless