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The Poems of John Clare

Edited with an Introduction by J. W. Tibble

Clare, John (1793-1864)

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ADDRESS TO PLENTY

THE LAST OF MARCH

A LOOK AT THE HEAVENS

COUNTRY SWEETHEARTS

TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN KEATS

WANDERINGS IN JUNE

THE APPROACH OF SPRING

THE LAST OF AUTUMN

THE LAST OF SUMMER

A SUNDAY WITH SHEPHERDS AND HERDBOYS

THE INSECT WORLD

LIFE, DEATH, AND ETERNITY

THE TOPER'S RANT

THE LAMENT OF SWORDY WELL

TO ANNA, THREE YEARS OLD

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL

PROVIDENCE (II)

TO THE MEMORY OF BLOOMFIELD (I)

TO THE MEMORY OF BLOOMFIELD (II)

A FAVOURITE NOOK DESTROYED

A SPRING MORNING

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The Poems of JOHN CLARE

THE VOICE OF NATURE

WALKS IN THE WOODS

THE MOLE-CATCHER

APPROACH OF SPRING

APPROACHING NIGHT

VIRTUE LIVES ON

THE SHEPHERD'S SONG

A WORLD FOR LOVE

BOSTON CHURCH (II)

ETERNITY OF TIME

LIFE IN LONE PLACES

THE BOYS' PLAYGROUND

WINTER SNOWSTORM (II)

ASHTON LAWN (II)

SUMMER AMUSEMENTS

THE WOODLAND STILE

A HARVEST MORNING

STEPPING-STONES

THE FAIRY-RINGS (I)

THE FAIRY-RINGS (II)

THE FLOOD (III)

SHEPHERD'S HUT (II)

A WOODLAND SEAT (II)

A WOODLAND SEAT (III)

ADIEU TO MY FALSE LOVE FOR EVER

A FAITHLESS SHEPHERD

O SILLY LOVE! O CUNNING LOVE!

NOBODY COMETH TO WOO

LOVE SCORNED BY PRIDE

THE MAIDEN'S WELCOME

THE FALSE KNIGHT'S TRAGEDY

THE BANKS OF IVORY

THE MAID OF OCRAM:

THE MOTHER'S LULLABY

A MAID'S TRAGEDY

THE TRIUMPHS OF TIME.

THE HEART THAT'S SMIT

MAN'S VANITY AND LIFE

THE LOVER'S SONG

THE WORLD'S END

THE MISSEL-THRUSH'S NEST

THE SPIDER-CATCHER

THE LANDRAIL (II)

THE WILLOW-BITER

THE LARK'S NEST

THE SWALLOW'S NEST

THE MOOR-HEN'S NEST

THE GREEN WOODPECKER AND THE WRYNECK

THE CHIFF-CHAFF

THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS

THE WOODLARK (II)

ON SEEING TWO SWALLOWS LATE IN OCTOBER (II)

THE BUMBARREL'S NEST

BOYHOOD PLEASURES

APPROACHING NIGHT

SONG'S ETERNITY

‘STILL UNCHANGEABLE’

WITH GARMENTS FLOWING

THE OLD COTTAGERS

THE EARLY DAISY

VIOLET AND DAISY

A FIRESIDE SKETCH

ON A JOURNEY: FRAGMENT

THE GREENWOOD SIDE

ROUND OAK AND EASTWELL

WINTER IN THE FENS

MORNING SHOWERS

THE MEADOW LAKE

PLEASURES OF POESY

PASTORAL LIBERTY

THE CLUMP OF FERN

LABOUR'S LEISURE

THE MUSIC OF NATURE

EARLY NIGHTINGALE

PLOUGHMAN SINGING

SPRING'S MESSENGERS

LETTER IN VERSE

SIGNS OF WINTER

SUNRISE IN SUMMER

FOOTPATHS (III)

EARLY IMAGES (II)

PEACEFUL SCENES

THE SQUIRREL'S NEST

BLACKBIRD'S NEST

CROWS IN SPRING

WILD DUCK'S NEST

THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER

‘THE LASS WITH THE DELICATE AIR’

THE MOLE-CATCHER

THE RETURNED SOLDIER

WOODCROFT CASTLE (I)

WOODCROFT CASTLE (II)

A HILL-SIDE HOUSE

WILD BEES' NEST

GOING TO THE FAIR

FARM SCENE (II)

MERRILY TO TOIL

SHEEP IN WINTER

MARRIED TO A SOLDIER

THE POET'S SONG

THE POET'S DEATH

LOVE AND SOLITUDE

SIGHING FOR RETIREMENT

WRITTEN IN A THUNDERSTORM, 15 JULY 1841

THE RETURN: NORTHBOROUGH, 1841

SEPTEMBER MORNINGS

SPRING'S NOSEGAY

OH, WERT THOU IN THE STORM

LOVE CANNOT DIE

TO MY WIFE—A VALENTINE

BONNY LASSIE O!

INVITATION TO ETERNITY

THE SLEEP OF SPRING

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The Poems of John Clare

Edited with an Introduction by J. W. Tibble

John Clare

1793-1864

J. M. Dent & Sons Limited

London

1935