John Clare Aphorisms

"Morning awakes sublime -- glad earth and sky"

MP IV 276

"If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs"

Quoted in the Tibble's 'John Clare a Life' (1932)

... from a letter to Mrs. Emmerson (10th August 1823)

The other hours I'd spend in letterd ease
To read or study just as that might please

Pet MS C2 p63-6

EP I 46-50
(Unpublished elsewhere)

[To keep me company in the Clare archive in Peterborough this week]

[Image: Anthony Lewis]

"True poesy is not in words
But in images that thoughts express"

MP III 581

[Image : Anne Lee]

"Promises In Love Are Never Sure"

Child Harold (line 1096)

[Image: Peter De Wint, a contemporary and friend of Clare]

Fair was the morn and Summer in its prime
For whats more lovlier than hay-making time

from "A Hunt for Dobin"
EP I 70

"The oak's slow-opening leaf of deepening hue
Bespoke the power of Summer once again"

EP I 521

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