The Cross Roads; Or, The Haymaker’s Story (John Clare Poems)
Stopt by the storm, that long in sullen blackFrom the south-west stained its encroaching track,Haymakers, hustling from the rain to ...
John Clare Poems on Praise (10 Poems)
The Flitting (John Clare Poems)
I've left my own old home of homes, Green fields and every pleasant place;The summer like a stranger comes, I pause and ...
The Shepherd’s Calendar – June (John Clare Poems)
Now summer is in flower and natures humIs never silent round her sultry bloomInsects as small as dust are never ...
Spear Thistle (John Clare Poems)
Where the broad sheepwalk bare and brown scant grass pining after showers,And winds go fanning up and down The little strawy ...
The Old Cottagers (John Clare Poems)
The little cottage stood alone, the prideOf solitude surrounded every side.Bean fields in blossom almost reached the wall;A garden with ...
The Frightened Ploughman (John Clare Poems)
I went in the fields with the leisure I got,The stranger might smile but I heeded him not,The hovel was ...
Merry Maid (John Clare Poems)
Bonny and stout and brown, without a hat,She frowns offended when they call her fat--Yet fat she is, the merriest ...
“The Lass With The Delicate Air” (John Clare Poems)
Timid and smiling, beautiful and shy,She drops her head at every passer bye.Afraid of praise she hurries down the streetsAnd ...
Idle Fame (John Clare Poems)
I would not wish the burning blaze Of fame around a restless world,The thunder and the storm of praise In crowded tumults ...
Song’s Eternity (John Clare Poems)
What is song's eternity? Come and see. Can it noise and bustle be? Come and see. Praises sung or praises ...