Quotes by : John Clare

I hate the very noise of troublous man Who did and does me all the harm he can. Free from the world I....

I long for scenes where man hath never trod A place where woman never smiled or wept There to abide with....

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....

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

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

O I never thought that joys would run away from boys,Or that boys would change their minds and forsake....

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

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

O take me from the busy crowd,I cannot bear the noise!For Nature's voice is never loud;I seek for quiet....