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Death1 quote
Pale death, the grand physician, cures all pain;
The dead rest well who lived for joys in vain. — John Clare · 1841Death as a blessing1 quote
Pale death, the grand physician, cures all pain;
The dead rest well who lived for joys in vain. — John Clare · 1841Effects of the past1 quote
The present is the funeral of the past,
And man the living sepulchre of life. — John Clare · 1845Past and present1 quote
The present is the funeral of the past,
And man the living sepulchre of life. — John Clare · 1845Solitude1 quote
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 · 1848Spending time in nature1 quote
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 · 1848Wilderness1 quote
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 · 1848