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John Clare: Selected Poetry and Prose QUOTES

John Clare: Selected Poetry and Prose QUOTES

1 " There is a charm in Solitude that cheers
A feeling that the world knows nothing of
A green delight the wounded mind endears
After the hustling world is broken off "

― John Clare , John Clare: Selected Poetry and Prose

2 " Solitude

There is a charm in Solitude that cheers
A feeling that the world knows nothing of
A green delight the wounded mind endears
After the hustling world is broken off
Whose whole delight was crime at good to scoff
Green solitude his prison pleasure yields
The bitch fox heeds him not -- birds seem to laugh
He lives the Crusoe of his lonely fields
Which dark green oaks his noontide leisure shields "

― John Clare , John Clare: Selected Poetry and Prose