Category: Poetry
Poems
The Publisher desires to express his regret that, owing to an oversight, the proofs of the Introduction were not submitted to the Editor, who is in no way responsible for the following
Chapters
3. Part 3
In 1828 CLARE went to London again at the invitation of Mrs. Emmerson, and it was then that he discovered how completely the “Shepherd’s Calendar” had failed to stir the interes...
8. Part 8Up this green woodland-ride let’s softly rove, And list the nightingale--she dwells just here. Hush! let the wood-gate softly clap, for fear The noise might drive her from her h...
6. Part 6Now Summer is in flower, and Nature’s hum Is never silent round her bounteous bloom; Insects, as small as dust, have never done With glitt’ring dance, and reeling in the sun; An...
4. Part 4Then might peep the morn, in vain, Through the rimy misted pane; Then might bawl the restless cock, And the loud-tongued village clock; And the flail might lump away, Waking soo...
1. Part 1The Publisher desires to express his regret that, owing to an oversight, the proofs of the Introduction were not submitted to the Editor, who is in no way responsible for the fo...
5. Part 5How oft on Sundays, when I’d time to tramp, My rambles led me to a gipsy’s camp, Where the real effigy of midnight hags, With tawny smoked flesh and tatter’d rags, Uncouth-brimm...
2. Part 2Before proceeding to describe the effect made on the public by the appearance of “Poems descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery,” it will be necessary to revert for a moment to th...
7. Part 7Happy as holiday-enjoying face, Loud tongued, and “merry as a marriage bell,” Thy lightsome step sheds joy in every place; And where the troubled dwell, Thy witching charms wean...
9. Part 9Infants’ gravemounds are steps of angels, where Earth’s brightest gems of innocence repose. God is their parent, so they need no tear; He takes them to his bosom from earth’s wo...