“A thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever…”
September 18th, 2009 by barefoottess
You know who said that? John Keats said that. No. Wrong. Sorry–he wrote it. In 1818. Here’s the stanza you can find it in, from the poem, Endymion:
A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
It’s loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health and quiet breathing
And do you how old John Keats was when he wrote this?
He was 22 years old! He’d be dead by 25.
And do you know what those lines are about?
That’s right! You guessed it! They’re about shoes! Beautiful, beautiful shoes!
No. Just kidding. Sorry. They’re not about shoes.
But they could be! Right? After all, what’s more beautiful than a perfect pair of shoes? And while they can’t quite last forever, who doesn’t have a blissfully beautiful pair of shoes emblazoned in their memory for all time–I mean, who doesn’t think back, from time to time, wistfully, on the best pair of shoes they’ve ever owned? I know I do.
And I bet you anything that Keats did as well. (Though of course, it’s unverifiable.) So whenever anybody gives you a hard time about your insatiable need for beauty on your feet, just give ‘em some Keats, a man so Romantic they capitalized the word for him…
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September 19th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
I’m so pleased that size 13 shoes can still be a thing of beauty. I thought I was forever banished to the world of velcro & old lady shoes until I came across Barefoot Tess. As a mother of 2 year old twins and a 3 month old baby - I rarely feel like a fashionista anymore…but your shoes give me hope that there is style for me beyond the world of elastic maternity pants and velcro shoes! With three girls it is my duty to show them beauty right…which could translate to “Mommy needs some new shoes!”
September 19th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
LOL, I seriously thought the lorax said that. I guess I need to stop watching so much children s programming!
Kristen
September 20th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
You really had me going there on the Keats thing, just for a second or two…Even though I don’t write poetry about them, I think my size 10.5’s are “a thing of beauty.” And, they bring me joy when I look down and see a hot pink pedi gracing my glorious monkey toes (my husband swears I don’t even need fingers to pick things up!). So, question: Why don’t more shoe manufacturers make size 10.5’s? They apparently don’t agree with me that women deserve a size between 10 and 11!
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:58 am
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