Selected Poems of John Clare, Volume 1 by John Clare (1793 - 1864)
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John Clare (1793 - 1864) was a farm labourer in the village of Helpstone, Northamptonshire, who became arguably England’s greatest nature poet. He rose to fame when his ‘Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery’ was published in 1820. His language preserves many local dialect words in a mixture of classical forms and heart-felt love of country life and nature. The poems in this collection are from his early career, and are largely free of pointers to his later mental illness. (Summary by David Barnes).
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John Clare (1793 - 1864) was a farm labourer in the village of Helpstone, Northamptonshire, who became arguably England’s greatest nature poet. He rose to fame when his ‘Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery’ was published in 1820. His language preserves many local dialect words in a mixture of classical forms and heart-felt love of country life and nature. The poems in this collection are from his early career, and are largely free of pointers to his later mental illness. (Summary by David Barnes).
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English
Winter Fields
Duration:00:01:22
An Idle Hour
Duration:00:01:15
Sabbath Bells
Duration:00:02:35
Winter in the Fens
Duration:00:02:14
The Heath
Duration:00:02:48
Woodland Thoughts
Duration:00:01:23
Bloomfield (I)
Duration:00:01:19
Careless Rambles
Duration:00:01:14
Sudden Shower
Duration:00:01:14
Winter
Duration:00:01:18
The Meeting
Duration:00:01:32
Joys of Youth
Duration:00:01:16
To My Cottage
Duration:00:01:13
Ballad
Duration:00:01:23
Summer
Duration:00:01:12
What is Life?
Duration:00:02:17
Noon
Duration:00:03:58
The Harvest Morning
Duration:00:05:02
A Scene
Duration:00:01:15
The Setting Sun
Duration:00:01:16