{"id":4858,"canonical_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1816ce-may-5--4858","name":"1816 CE, May 5","year":1816,"era":"CE","month":5,"day":5,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1816ce-may-5--4858","iso-date":"1816-05-05","precision":"year-month-day","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Keats' (1795 –1821), first poem \"O Solitude!\" is published on May, 5, 1816, when Keats was 20 and an apprentice to a surgeon. The poem was published in \u003cem\u003eThe Examiner\u003c/em\u003e, a then prominent literary magazine. John Keats went on to become one of the most celebrated poets of the Romantic era. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","additional_details":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"O Solitude!\"\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eO Solitude! if I must with thee dwell,\u003cbr\u003eLet it not be among the jumbled heap\u003cbr\u003eOf murky buildings; climb with me the steep,—\u003cbr\u003eNature’s observatory—whence the dell,\u003cbr\u003eIts flowery slopes, its river’s crystal swell,\u003cbr\u003eMay seem a span; let me thy vigils keep\u003cbr\u003e’Mongst boughs pavillion’d, where the deer’s swift leap\u003cbr\u003eStartles the wild bee from the fox-glove bell.\u003cbr\u003eBut though I’ll gladly trace these scenes with thee,\u003cbr\u003eYet the sweet converse of an innocent mind,\u003cbr\u003eWhose words are images of thoughts refin’d,\u003cbr\u003eIs my soul’s pleasure; and it sure must be\u003cbr\u003eAlmost the highest bliss of human-kind,\u003cbr\u003eWhen to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis poem is in the public domain.\u003c/p\u003e","photo":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/BwR7Wc7fSFaJOyE6abMt_John_Keats_by_William_HiltonR.jpg?auto=format,compress\u0026fit=clip\u0026max-w=1600","photo_width":1600,"photo_height":1079,"created_at":"2026-05-05T12:03:31-07:00","updated_at":"2026-05-05T12:07:16-07:00","breadcrumbs":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"May History","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/may"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"May 5","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/may-5"}]},"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Thing","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1816ce-may-5--4858#eventK365","name":"1816 CE, May 5","headline":"John Keats\u0026#39; (1795 –1821), first poem \u0026quot;O Solitude!\u0026quot; is published on May, 5, 1816, when Keats was 20 and an... - 1816 CE","description":"John Keats' (1795 –1821), first poem \"O Solitude!\" is published on May, 5, 1816, when Keats was 20 and an apprentice to a surgeon. The poem was published in...","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1816ce-may-5--4858","additionalType":"HistoricalEvent","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2026-05-05T12:03:31-07:00","dateModified":"2026-05-05T12:07:16-07:00","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#organizationK365"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/BwR7Wc7fSFaJOyE6abMt_John_Keats_by_William_HiltonR.jpg?auto=format,compress\u0026fit=clip\u0026max-w=1600","width":1600,"height":1079},"temporalCoverage":"1816-05-05","isPartOf":[{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#websiteK365"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/may","name":"What Happened in May History"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/may-5#pageK365","name":"What Happened on May 5"}]}}