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The early poems of John Clare

1804-1822: General editor Eric Robinson: Edited by Eric Robinson and David Powell: Associate editor Margaret Grainger
Clare, John (1793-1864)

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SICKNESS

Pain shifts its aching rest for ease in vain
& like a wounded worm in anguish turns
Striving from pain to shift yet hailing pain
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