“And when I feel, fair creature of an hour, / That I shall never look upon thee more”
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About this quote
Keats wrote the poem at nineteen, and the line is his fear of the work ending rather than of the person. The fair creature of an hour belongs to the poem's real addressee, which is what gives the sentiment its edge.
Source: When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be