 Contemporary critics of Keats enjoyed the poem , and it was heavily quoted in their reviews . An anonymous review of Keats 's poetry that ran in the August and October 1820 Scots Magazine stated : " Amongst the minor poems we prefer the ' Ode to the Nightingale . ' Indeed , we are inclined to prefer it beyond every other poem in the book ; but let the reader judge . The third and seventh stanzas have a charm for us which we should find it difficult to explain . We have read this ode over and over again , and every time with increased delight . " At the same time , Leigh Hunt wrote a review of Keats 's poem for the 2 August and 9 August 1820 The Indicator : " As a specimen of the Poems , which are all lyrical , we must indulge ourselves in quoting entire the ' Ode to a Nightingale ' . There is that mixture in it of real melancholy and imaginative relief , which poetry alone presents us in her ' charmed cup , ' and which some over @-@ rational critics have undertaken to find wrong because it is not true . It does not follow that what is not true to them , is not true to others . If the relief is real , the mixture is good and sufficing . " 
 Contemporary critics of Keats enjoyed the poem , and it was heavily quoted in their reviews . An anonymous review of Keats <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>poetry <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a>ran in the August and October 1820 Scots Magazine stated : " Amongst the minor poems we prefer the ' Ode to the Nightingale . ' Indeed , we <a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>are</mark></a>inclined to prefer it beyond every other poem in the book ; but let the reader judge . The third and seventh stanzas <a href='got' title='4'><mark>have</mark></a> a charm for us which we should find it difficult to explain . We <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>have</mark></a> read this ode over and over again , and every time with increased delight . " At the same time , Leigh Hunt wrote a review of Keats <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>poem for the 2 August and 9 August 1820 The Indicator : " As a specimen of the Poems , which <a href='drop_aux' title='7'><mark>are</mark></a>all lyrical , we must indulge ourselves in quoting entire the ' Ode to a Nightingale ' . <a href='dey_it' title='8'><mark>There</mark></a> is that mixture in it of real melancholy and imaginative relief , which poetry alone <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>presents</mark></a> us in her ' charmed cup , ' and which some over @-@ rational critics <a href='been_done' title='10'><mark>have</mark></a> undertaken to find wrong because it <a href='negative_concord' title='11'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='12'><mark>not</mark></a>true . It <a href='uninflect' title='13'><mark>does</mark></a> not follow that what <a href='negative_concord' title='14'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='15'><mark>not</mark></a>true to them , <a href='negative_concord' title='16'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='17'><mark>not</mark></a>true to others . If the relief <a href='drop_aux' title='18'><mark>is</mark></a>real , the mixture <a href='drop_aux' title='19'><mark>is</mark></a>good and sufficing . " 
Contemporary critics of Keats enjoyed da poem , and it was heavily quoted in their reviews . An anonymous review of Keats  poetry ran in the August and October 1820 Scots Magazine stated : " Amongst the minor poems we prefer the ' Ode to the Nightingale . ' Indeed , we inclined to prefer it beyond every other poem in the book ; but let tdareader judge . Thdahird and seventh stanzas got a charm for us which we should find it difficult to explain . We done read this ode ova and oovaagain , and every time with increased delight . " At the same time , Leigh Hunt wrote a review of Keats  poem fir the 2 August and 9 August 1820 Thedadicator : " As a specimen of the Poems , which all lyrical , we must indulge ourselves in quoting entire the ' Ode to a Nightingale ' . It is dat mixture in it of real melancholy and imaginative relief , which poetry alone present us in her ' charmed cup , ' and which some over @-@ rational critics done undertaken to find wrong becuz it ain't true . It do not follow tdatwhat ain't tru to them , ain't true to others . If the daief real , the mixture good and sufficing . "