Clare

Famous quotes containing the word clare:

    “I never saw so sweet a face
    As that I stood before:
    My heart has left its dwelling-place
    And can return no more.”
    —John Clare (1793–1864)

    “Hesperus thy twinkling ray
    Beams in the blue of heaven
    And tells the traveller on his way
    That earth shall be forgiven”
    —John Clare (1793–1864)

    “In the cowslips peeps I lie,
    Hidden from the buzzing fly,
    While green grass beneath me lies,
    Pearled wi’ dew like fishes’ eyes,
    Here I lye, a clock-a-clay,
    Waiting for the time o’ day.”
    —John Clare (1793–1864)