Audiobooks Poetry Selected Poems of John Clare, Volume 2
Selected Poems of John Clare, Volume 2

Selected Poems of John Clare, Volume 2

by John CLARE (1793 - 1864)

John Clare (1793 - 1864) was a farm labourer in the village of Helpstone, Northamptonshire, who became arguably England's greatest nature poet. He rose to fame when his 'Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery' was published in 1820. His language preserves many local dialect words in a mixture of classical forms and heart-felt love of country life and nature. This volume comprises fifteen of his bird poems. (Summary by David Barnes).


Autumn Robin, The

Birds Nests

Hedge Sparrow

High Overhead that Silent Throne

March Nightingale, The

Nightingales Nest, The

On Seeing Two Swallows Late in October

Partridge Coveys

Pettichaps Nest, The

Ravens Nest, The

Sedge Birds Nest

Sky Lark, The

Thrushes Nest, The

To the Snipe

Wren, The