when was when i have fears written
âWhen I Have Fears that I May Cease to Beâ was written during January of 1818, soon after âOn Sitting Down to Read King Once Again,â where Keats contrasts the âgolden tongued Romance, with serene luteâ of his own poetry with âthe fierce dispute / Betwixt damnation and impassionâd clayâ in Shakespeareâs play.