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The later poems of John Clare

1837-1864 ... General editor Eric Robinson: Edited by Eric Robinson and David Powell: Associate editor Margaret Grainger
Clare, John (1793-1864)

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KNIGHT TRANSCRIPTS VOLUME TWO
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THE LAST SIX POEMS
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POEMS FROM BAKER'S GLOSSARY
  
[Where the deer with their shadows passed swifter than thought]
  
[How beautiful May and its morning comes in!]
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Quotations from Baker's Glossary

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[The village daily hears the thumping flail]

The village daily hears the thumping flail,
The cat-ice chatters where the schoolboy pass'd,
And tried to slur (slide), and whiter falls the blast.
(i. 102)
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