'Even yet the rose-tree's verdure left alone/Will flush all ruddy though the rose be gone'

"Keats, l’homme qui n’a jamais marché ni progressé comme un autre homme, mais qui s’est enfermé en vingt années parfaites." E. Browning

"The shepherd prince's pursuit stands for the human heart's pursuit of Beauty, or Truth, Happiness, Love, Light."

"The meaning of his aloneness is that, as bringer of light or changer of consciousness, Endymion must overcome darkness."