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John Keats 1795-1821 His Life Son of a livery-stable keeper Father died when he was nine, mother remarried, died of tuberculosis Practiced surgery Leigh Hunt: his literary mentor His brother Tom, died of tuberculosis His Death Died in Rome of Tuberculosis Here lies One Whose Name was writ in Water. Severn and Brown also added the epitaph: This Grave contains all that was mortal, of a YOUNG ENGLISH POET, who on his Death Bed, in the Bitterness of his heart, at the Malicious Power of his enemies, desired these words to be Engraven on his Tomb Stone a lyre with broken strings. Shelley: Adonais