“I long for scenes where man has never trod; A place where woman never smil'd or wept; There to abide with my creator, God, And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept: Untroubling and untroubled where I lie; The grass below--above the vaulted sky.” MenLongLyingSleepSkyChildhoodSceneCreatorGrassCreator God Author:John Clare
“I long for scenes where man has never trod;... There to abide with my Creator, God.” MenLongSceneCreatorCreator God Book:Clare's poems Source: Clare's poems
“The present is the funeral of the past, And man the living sepulchre of life.” MenPastFuneral Author:John Clare
“I live here among the ignorant like a lost man in fact like one whom the rest seems careless of having anything to do with — they hardly dare talk in my company for fear I shoud mention them in my writings & I find more pleasure in wandering the fields then in mixing among my silent neighbours who are insensible of everything but toiling & talking of it & that to no purpose.” MenShouldWritingFactsPurposeLostPleasureCompanyTalkingFieldsSilentDareIgnorantWanderNeighbourCarelessMusingsInsensibleToiling Author:John Clare
