“A maidenhead, the virgin's trouble Is well-compare-d to a bubble on a navigable river Soon 'tis touched t'is gone forever” LovePoetrySexWomenRomanticVirginityJohnClareJohn Clare Book:Selected Poems and Prose of John Clare Source: Selected Poems and Prose of John Clare
“He thought that the edge of the world was a day's walk away, there where the cloud-breeding sky touched the horizon. He thought that when he got there he would find a deep pit and he would be able to look down into it and see the world's secrets.” John Clare Author:Adam Foulds