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" I long for scenes where man hath never trod
A place where woman never smiled or wept
There to abide with my Creator, God,
And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept,
Untroubling and untroubled where I lie
The grass below—above the vaulted sky. "

John Clare , The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II


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John Clare quote : I long for scenes where man hath never trod <br />A place where woman never smiled or wept <br />There to abide with my Creator, God, <br />And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept, <br />Untroubling and untroubled where I lie <br />The grass below—above the vaulted sky.