Word: burthen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...went down soft, slushy, oozy." This Keats, who loved food, pretty girls and hiking, does not match the stereotype of the romantic poet; he is far closer to Bernard Shaw's description of him as "a merry soul, a jolly fellow, who could not only carry his splendid burthen of genius, but swing it around, toss it up and catch it again, and whistle a tune as he strode along...