John Clare – angielski poeta epoki romantyzmu silnie związany z przyrodą oraz dialektem rodzinnego hrabstwa Northamptonshire. Niezauważony i niedoceniony przez ówczesną krytykę literacką, doczekał się uznania dopiero pod koniec XX wieku. Wikipedia
“The riddle nature could not prove
Was nothing else but secret love.”
"Secret Love"
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
Kontekst: I hid my love in field and town
Till een the breeze would knock me down,
The bees seemed singing ballads oer,
The fly's bass turned a lion's roar;
And even silence found a tongue,
To haunt me all the summer long;
The riddle nature could not prove
Was nothing else but secret love.
“I found the poems in the fields,
And only wrote them down.”
Źródło: The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
“O words are poor receipts for what time hath stole away”
Źródło: Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
“Throw not my words away, as many do;
They're gold in value, though they're cheap to you.”
"The Cross Roads; or, The Haymaker's Story"
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
“And what is Life? — An hour-glass on the run”
"What is Life?"
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
I am
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
Emmonsail's Heath in Winter
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
"Secret Love"
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
“And don't despise your betters cause they're old.”
"The Cross Roads; or, The Haymaker's Story"
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
“Fashion is her (Popularity) favourite disciple.”
Popularity of Authorship (1824)
“In politics and politicians' lies
The modern farmer waxes wondrous wise;”
"The Parish: A Satire"
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
“When trouble haunts me, need I sigh?
No, rather smile away despair;”
"The Stranger"
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
The Shepherd's Calendar: "July" (second version) http://www.photoaspects.com/chesil/clare/july2.html <br class="br">Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
An hour-glass on the run,
"What is Life?"
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
