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The final lines of John Keats’s 1820 poem, “Ode on a Grecian Urn” (recited by an actor), describe the highest form of meaning as pure beauty. The poem considers an urn, unchanged through the centuries, that retains a moment of eternal beauty. According to Keats, because the urn’s beauty remains frozen in time, the object has more significance for humanity than does individual happiness, which is more of a fleeting concern. Generally considered one of the most important poets in English literature, Keats wrote during the early 19th century before dying of tuberculosis in 1821 at the early age of 25.
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