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Life and Remains of John Clare, The "Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"

Life and Remains of John Clare, The "Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"

by John Clare

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Author
Clare, John, 1793-1864
Credits
Produced by Mark Sherwood, Delphine Lettau and Charles Aldarondo
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Clare, John, 1793-1864
Category
Text
eBook-No.
9156
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9156
Release Date
October 1, 2005
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.LIFE AND REMAINS
  2. 2.DEDICATION
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION
  4. 4.CONTENTS — LIFE, LETTERS, ETC. — ASYLUM POEMS: — MISCELLANEOUS POEMS: — PROSE FRAGMENTS: — OLD SONGS AND BALLADS: — GLOSSARY — LIFE, LETTERS, ETC.
  5. 5.LOCAL ATTACHMENTS
  6. 6.GRANNY BAINS
  7. 7.SUMMER LABOURS, WINTER STUDY
  8. 8.HIS EARLIEST RHYMES
  9. 9.THE POET TO THE PUBLIC
  10. 10.A FRIEND IN NEED
  11. 11."HEARKEN UNTO A VERSER"
  12. 12.EXAMPLES — WHAT IS LIFE?
  13. 13.A LION AT LAST
  14. 14.FIRST VISIT TO LONDON
  15. 15."A SOUL FEMININE SALUTETH US"
  16. 16.A PRIVATE SUBSCRIPTION
  17. 17.NEWS OF KEATS
  18. 18."THE VILLAGE MINSTREL"
  19. 19.I LOVE THEE, SWEET MARY.
  20. 20.A MODEST AMBITION THWARTED
  21. 21."LORD, WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE!"
  22. 22.LETTER FROM CHARLES LAMB
  23. 23.THE REVEREND CARY
  24. 24.LETTERS FROM MRS EMMERSON
  25. 25.FRIENDS AT "THE PALACE"
  26. 26.ANOTHER VISIT TO LONDON
  27. 27.ALLAN CUNNINGHAM
  28. 28.GEORGE DARLEY
  29. 29.CLARE'S DIARY
  30. 30.CORRESPONDENCE WITH JAMES MONTGOMERY
  31. 31.PUBLICATION OF "THE SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR"
  32. 32.FAILURE OF "THE SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR"
  33. 33.THE POET TURNED PEDLAR
  34. 34.VISIT TO BOSTON
  35. 35.REMOVAL TO NORTHBOROUGH
  36. 36."THE RURAL MUSE" — AUTUMN
  37. 37.MAY
  38. 38.MEMORY
  39. 39.AT HIGH BEECH ASYLUM
  40. 40.AT NORTHAMPTON
  41. 41.THE APPROACHING END
  42. 42.CONCLUSION
  43. 43.ASYLUM POEMS
  44. 44.LOVE OF NATURE
  45. 45.THE INVITATION
  46. 46.TO THE LARK
  47. 47.GRAVES OF INFANTS
  48. 48.BONNIE LASSIE O!
  49. 49.PHOEBE OF THE SCOTTISH GLEN
  50. 50.MAID OF THE WILDERNESS
  51. 51.MARY BATEMAN
  52. 52.WHEN SHALL WE MEET AGAIN?
  53. 53.THE LOVER'S INVITATION
  54. 54.NATURE'S DARLING
  55. 55.I'LL DREAM UPON THE DAYS TO COME
  56. 56.TO ISABEL
  57. 57.THE SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER
  58. 58.LASSIE, I LOVE THEE — THE GIPSY LASS
  59. 59.AT THE FOOT OF CLIFFORD HILL
  60. 60.TO MY WIFE—A VALENTINE
  61. 61.MY TRUE LOVE IS A SAILOR
  62. 62.THE SAILOR'S RETURN
  63. 63.BIRDS, WHY ARE YE SILENT?
  64. 64.MEET ME TO-NIGHT
  65. 65.YOUNG JENNY
  66. 66.ADIEU!
  67. 67.MY BONNY ALICE AND HER PITCHER
  68. 68.THE MAIDEN I LOVE
  69. 69.TO JENNY LIND
  70. 70.LITTLE TROTTY WAGTAIL
  71. 71.THE FOREST MAID
  72. 72.BONNY MARY O!
  73. 73.LOVE'S EMBLEM
  74. 74.THE MORNING WALK
  75. 75.TO MISS C…..
  76. 76.I PLUCK SUMMER BLOSSOMS
  77. 77.THE MARCH NOSEGAY
  78. 78.LEFT ALONE
  79. 79.TO MARY
  80. 80.THE NIGHTINGALE
  81. 81.THE DYING CHILD
  82. 82.MARY
  83. 83.CLOCK-A-CLAY
  84. 84.SPRING
  85. 85.EVENING
  86. 86.THE SWALLOW
  87. 87.JOCKEY AND JENNY
  88. 88.THE FACE I LOVE SO DEARLY
  89. 89.THE BEANFIELD
  90. 90.WHERE SHE TOLD HER LOVE
  91. 91.MILKING O' THE KYE
  92. 92.A LOVER'S VOWS
  93. 93.THE FALL OF THE YEAR
  94. 94.AUTUMN
  95. 95.EARLY LOVE
  96. 96.EVENING
  97. 97.A VALENTINE
  98. 98.TO LIBERTY
  99. 99.APPROACH OF WINTER
  100. 100.MARY DOVE
  101. 101.SPRING'S NOSEGAY
  102. 102.THE LOST ONE
  103. 103.THE TELL-TALE FLOWERS
  104. 104.THE SKYLARK
  105. 105.POETS LOVE NATURE—A FRAGMENT
  106. 106.HOME YEARNINGS
  107. 107.MY SCHOOLBOY DAYS
  108. 108.LOVE LIVES BEYOND THE TOMB
  109. 109.MY EARLY HOME
  110. 110.MARY APPLEBY
  111. 111.AMONG THE GREEN BUSHES
  112. 112.TO JANE
  113. 113.THE OLD YEAR
  114. 114.MAYING; OR, A LOVE OF FLOWERS
  115. 115.TWO SONNETS TO MARY
  116. 116.THE VANITIES OF LIFE
  117. 117.MARCH
  118. 118.THE OLD MAN'S LAMENT
  119. 119.SPRING FLOWERS
  120. 120.POEM ON DEATH
  121. 121.THE WANTON CHLOE—A PASTORAL
  122. 122.THE OLD SHEPHERD
  123. 123.TO A ROSEBUD IN HUMBLE LIFE
  124. 124.THE TRIUMPHS OF TIME
  125. 125.TO JOHN MILTON
  126. 126.THE BIRDS AND ST. VALENTINE
  127. 127.FAREWELL AND DEFIANCE TO LOVE
  128. 128.THE GIPSY'S SONG
  129. 129.PEGGY BAND
  130. 130.TO A BROOK
  131. 131.A CONFESSION OF FAITH
  132. 132.ESSAY ON POPULARITY
  133. 133.SCRAPS FOR AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM AND FASHION
  134. 134.SCRAPS FOR AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM
  135. 135.OLD SONGS AND BALLADS
  136. 136.ADIEU TO MY FALSE LOVE FOREVER
  137. 137.O SILLY LOVE! O CUNNING LOVE!
  138. 138.NOBODY COMETH TO WOO
  139. 139.FARE THEE WELL
  140. 140.MARY NEELE
  141. 141.LOVE SCORNED BY PRIDE
  142. 142.BETRAYED
  143. 143.THE MAIDEN'S WELCOME
  144. 144.THE FALSE KNIGHT'S TRAGEDY
  145. 145.LOVE'S RIDDLE
  146. 146.THE BANKS OF IVORY
  147. 147.ENDNOTES

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