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John Clare: The Midsummer Cushion

Edited by R. K. R. Thornton & Anne Tibble
Clare, John (1793-1864)

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THE MIDSUMMER CUSHION
 
[dedication]
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TO THE RURAL MUSE
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TALES
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POEMS
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BALLADS & SONGS
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SONNETS
 
SWORDY WELL
 
SUMMER MOODS
 
SUMMER EVENING
 
THE VILLAGE BOY
 
EVENING SCHOOLBOYS
 
THE DEITY
 
SUNDAY EVENING
 
ON A SKULL
 
SEDGE BIRDS NEST
 
THE SHEPHERDS TREE
 
AN IDLE HOUR
 
THE SHEPHERD BOY
 
LORD BYRON
 
ON SEEING THE BUST OF THE PRINCESS VICTORIA BY BEHNES
 
EVENING PASTIME
 
NATURE
 
THE WREN
 
A SPRING MORNING
 
TO A FRIEND—IN ILLNESS
 
SPRING
 
AUTUMN
 
TO A YOUNG LADY
 
CROWLAND ABBEY
 
A PLEASANT PLACE
 
VANITY OF FAME
 
MEMORY
 
DEATH OF BEAUTY
 
FAME
 
TO THE MEMORY OF BLOOMFIELD
 
BEAUTY
 
THE MARCH NIGHTINGALE
 
THE THRUSHES NEST
 
THE SYCAMORE
 
THE CRABTREE
 
WINTER
 
THE BEANS IN BLOSSOM
 
BOYS AT PLAY
 
THE SHEPHERDS FIRE
 
NOVEMBER
 
OLD POESY
 
TO DEWINT
 
A LIVING PICTURE
 
POESY A MAYING
 
TO CHARLES LAMB
 
BOSTON CHURCH
 
ISAAC WALTON
 
NUTTING
 
THE WOODMAN
 
SHADOWS
 
MORNING PLEASURES
 
HONESTY
 
HAYMAKING
 
SLANDER
 
STEPPING STONES
 
THE GARDEN BENCH
 
PLEASANT PLACES
 
THE HAIL STORM IN JUNE 1831
 
ETERNITY OF TIME
 
THE POESY OF FLOWERS
 
THE FAIREY RINGS
 
THE MORNING WIND
 
HARES AT PLAY
 
THE FLOOD
 
HEDGE SPARROW
 
SHEPHERDS HUT
 
WOOD PICTURES IN WINTER
 
WOOD PICTURES IN SUMMER
 
WOOD PICTURES IN SPRING
 
A WOODLAND SEAT
 
TO MYSTERY
 
THE DINNER IN THE FIELDS
 
THE MILKING SHED
 
THE SALLOW
 
THE HAPPY BIRD
 
THE BREATH OF MORNING
 
DECAY
 
GLINTON SPIRE
 
THE MEADOW HAY
 
BURTHORP OAK
 
MIDSUMMER
 
OBSCURITY
 
PLEASURES OF FANCY
 
THE TRUTH OF TIME
 
THE FOUNTAIN OF HOPE
 
EVENING PRIMROSE
 
HOME PICTURES IN MAY
 
SUDDEN SHOWER
 
CARLESS RAMBLES
 
LOVE IN YOUTH
 
THE OLD WILLOW
 
AMBITION
 
THE WRYNECKS NEST
 
PROVIDENCE
 
THE WHEAT RIPENING
 
THE HAPPINESS OF IGNORANCE
 
TO CHARLES LAMB ON HIS ESSAYS
 
FORREST FLOWERS
 
THE ASS
 
SUNRISE
 
SUNSET
 
NOTHINGNESS OF LIFE
 
THE INSTINCT OF HOPE
 
ROUND OAK SPRING
 
THE MAJIC OF BEAUTY
 
THE HEDGE ROSE
 
THE FEAR OF FLOWERS
 
THE HEAT OF NOON
 
EMMONSAILS HEATH IN WINTER
 
THE FIRETAILS NEST
 
MONARCHY OF NATURE
 
BLAKE
 
THE WRYNECKS NEST
 
MERIT
 
ASHTON LAWN
 
GREENSWARD
 
THE MOLE
 
FIRST SIGHT OF SPRING
 
COTTAGE FEARS
 
COLOURS OF AUTUMN
 
THE HOLLOW TREE
 
PLEASANT SPOTS
 
THE FERN OWLS NEST
 
HAPPY THOUGHTS
 
MEADOW PATHS
 
STRAY WALKS
 
PASTORAL LIBERTY
 
EARLY IMAGES
 
THE MILKMAIDS SONG
 
THE CLUMP OF FERN
 
A AUTUMN MORNING
 
FORREST TREES
 
A AWTHORN NOOK
 
SAND MARTIN
 
TWILIGHT IN SUMMER
 
FIELD THOUGHTS
 
A WALK
 
SUMMER HAPPINESS
 
THE WELLAND
 
MOWERS DINNER HOUR
 
COTTAGE COMFORT
 
FOOTPATHS
 
MEADOW BUTTERFLYES
 
THE REED BIRD
 
THE WOODLARKS NEST
 
FIELD CRICKET
 
THE YARROW
 
THE RAGWORT
 
A SEAT IN THE MEADOWS
 
UNIVERSAL GOODNESS
 
THE LANE
 
PARTRIDGE COVEYS
 
ON SEEING TWO SWALLOWS LATE IN OCTOBER
 
THE BRAMBLE
 
THE SURRY TREE
 
THE SPINDLE TREE
 
LABOURS LEISURE
 
HEAVY DEW
 
APRIL SHOWERS
 
NUTTERS
 
MIST IN THE MEADOWS
 
SIGNS OF WINTER
 
ANGLING
 
WINTER FIELDS
 
BIRDS & SPRING
 
WINTER EVENING
 
SNOW STORM
 
A THAW
 
THE BLACKCAP
 
NIGHT WIND
 
BIRDS NESTS
 
WOOD RIDES
 
THE HEDGE WOODBINE
 
EARLY MORNING
 
HAPPINESS OF EVENING

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Edited by R. K. R. Thornton & Anne Tibble

John Clare

1793-1864
Mid Northumberland Arts Group Carcanet Press
Ashington Manchester
1990
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