Quotes by : John Clare

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

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

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

In mid-wood silence, thus, how sweet to be;Where all the noises, that on peace intrude,Come from the....

I am—yet what I am none cares or knows; My friends forsake me like a memory lost: I am the self-consumer....

A maidenhead, the virgin's troubleIs well-compare-d to a bubbleon a navigable riverSoon 'tis touched....

I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow....

Yet simple souls, their faith it knows no stint:Things least to be believed are most preferred.All counterfeits,....

There is a charm in Solitude that cheersA feeling that the world knows nothing ofA green delight the....

I am—yet what I am none cares or knows; My friends forsake me like a memory lost: I am the self-consumer....