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The Poems of John Clare

Edited with an Introduction by J. W. Tibble

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AFTER-FAME

Time's stream in light is flowing,
Where fame goes stirring on,
Where the mighty are agoing—
Yet they never shall be gone.

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Their names are earth's for ever,
A breath for every mind,
Everlasting as the river,
Never-ceasing as the wind.