Book I of Endymion begins with Keats???s famous line, ???A thing of beauty is a joy for ever,??? and a brief argument that beauty, especially the beauty found in such ???lovely tales??? as the story of Endymion, ???moves away the pall/ From our dark spirits.??? After this introductory section, Keats describes the pastoral world of Endymion and his people, who are gathered to worship the shepherd-g