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John Clare quotes: If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.

If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.

John Clare quotes: I long for scenes where man has never trod; ... There to abide with my Creator, God.

I long for scenes where man has never trod; ... There to abide with my Creator, God.

John Clare quotes: How oft a summer shower has started me; to seek the shelter of a hollow tree

How oft a summer shower has started me; to seek the shelter of a hollow tree

John Clare quotes: The present is the funeral of the past, And man the living sepulchre of life.

The present is the funeral of the past, And man the living sepulchre of life.

John Clare quotes: Throw not my words away, as many do;They're gold in value, though they're cheap to you.

Throw not my words away, as many do;They're gold in value, though they're cheap to you.

John Clare quotes: He could not die when trees were green, for he loved the time too well.

He could not die when trees were green, for he loved the time too well.

John Clare quotes: I found the poems in the fields And only wrote them down

I found the poems in the fields And only wrote them down

John Clare quotes: Crowded places, I shunned them as noises too rudeAnd fled to the silence of sweet solitude.

Crowded places, I shunned them as noises too rude
And fled to the silence of sweet solitude.

John Clare quotes: I am the self-consumer of my woes,

I am the self-consumer of my woes,

John Clare quotes: And what is Life? - An hour-glass on the run

And what is Life? - An hour-glass on the run

John Clare quotes: I am, as far as my politics reaches, 'King and Country' - no 'Innovations in Religion and Government' say I.

I am, as far as my politics reaches, 'King and Country' - no 'Innovations in Religion and Government' say I.

John Clare quotes: I had a variety of minds about me and all of them unsettled.

I had a variety of minds about me and all of them unsettled.

John Clare quotes: A maidenhead, the virgin's troubleIs well-compare-d to a bubbleon a navigable riverSoon 'tis touched t'is gone forever

A maidenhead, the virgin's trouble
Is well-compare-d to a bubble
on a navigable river
Soon 'tis touched t'is gone forever

John Clare quotes: Tasteful illumination of the night, Bright scattered, twinkling star of spangled earth.

Tasteful illumination of the night, Bright scattered, twinkling star of spangled earth.

John Clare quotes: And all the charms of face or voice Which I in others see, Are but the recollected choice Of what I feel for thee.

And all the charms of face or voice Which I in others see, Are but the recollected choice Of what I feel for thee.

John Clare quotes: My illness was love, though I knew not the smart, But the beauty of love was the blood of my heart.

My illness was love, though I knew not the smart,
But the beauty of love was the blood of my heart.

John Clare quotes: My fears are agitated to an extreme degree and the dread of death involves me in a stupor of chilling indisposition.

My fears are agitated to an extreme degree and the dread of death involves me in a stupor of chilling indisposition.

John Clare quotes: I'm John Clare now. I was Byron and Shakespeare formerly.

I'm John Clare now. I was Byron and Shakespeare formerly.

John Clare quotes: O words are poor receipts for what time hath stole away

O words are poor receipts for what time hath stole away

John Clare quotes: Love lives with Nature, not with lust. Go find her in the flowers.

Love lives with Nature, not with lust. Go find her in the flowers.

John Clare quotes: I sleep with thee, and wake with thee,And yet thou are not there;I fill my arms with thoughts of thee,And press the common air.

I sleep with thee, and wake with thee,
And yet thou are not there;
I fill my arms with thoughts of thee,
And press the common air.

John Clare quotes: I am gennerally understood tho I do not use that awkward squad of pointings called commas colons semicolons etc.

I am gennerally understood tho I do not use that awkward squad of pointings called commas colons semicolons etc.

John Clare quotes: To-morrow comes, true copy of to-day,And empty shadow of what is to be;Yet cheated Hope on future still depends,And ends but only when our being ends.

To-morrow comes, true copy of to-day,And empty shadow of what is to be;Yet cheated Hope on future still depends,And ends but only when our being ends.

John Clare quotes: How frail the bloom, how short the stayThat terminates us all!Today we flourish green and gay,Like leaves tomorrow fall.

How frail the bloom, how short the stay
That terminates us all!
Today we flourish green and gay,
Like leaves tomorrow fall.

John Clare quotes: In crime and enmity they lie Who sin and tell us love can die, Who say to us in slander's breath That love belongs to sin and death.

In crime and enmity they lie
Who sin and tell us love can die,
Who say to us in slander's breath
That love belongs to sin and death.

John Clare quotes: Language has not the power to speak what love inditesThe soul lies buried in the Ink that writes

Language has not the power to speak what love indites
The soul lies buried in the Ink that writes

John Clare quotes: I never saw so sweet a face. As that I stood before. My heart has left it dwelling place ... and can return no more.

I never saw so sweet a face. As that I stood before. My heart has left it dwelling place ... and can return no more.

John Clare quotes: Grammar in learning is like tyranny in government - confound the bitch I'll never be her slave.

Grammar in learning is like tyranny in government - confound the bitch I'll never be her slave.

John Clare quotes: When trouble haunts me, need I sigh?No, rather smile away despair

When trouble haunts me, need I sigh?No, rather smile away despair

John Clare quotes: The best way to avoid a bad action is by doing a good one, for there is no difficulty in the world like that of trying to do nothing.

The best way to avoid a bad action is by doing a good one, for there is no difficulty in the world like that of trying to do nothing.

John Clare quotes: I loved thee, though I told thee not,Right earlily and long, thou wert joy of my ever spottheme of my every song.

I loved thee, though I told thee not,
Right earlily and long, thou wert joy of my ever spot
theme of my every song.

John Clare quotes: Wildness is my suiting scene.

Wildness is my suiting scene.