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The cataract, whirling down the precipice

  1. Fragment by John Clare

    nature, love, death

  1. "The Lass With The Delicate Air" by John Clare

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    nature, love, war
  2. A World for Love by John Clare

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    nature, love, beauty
  3. Approaching Night by John Clare

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    nature, love, hope
  4. Autumn by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  5. Badger by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  6. Ballad by John Clare

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    nature, love, faith
  7. Bantry Bay by John Clare

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    nature, hope, war
  8. Birds in Alarm by John Clare

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    nature, solitude, night
  9. Bonny Lassie O! by John Clare

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    nature, love, beauty
  10. Bonny Mary O! by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  11. Braggart by John Clare

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    nature, war, identity
  12. Clock-a-Clay by John Clare

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    nature, solitude, war
  13. Country Letter by John Clare

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    nature, love, solitude
  14. Death by John Clare

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    nature, death, hope
  15. Decay by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  16. Dewdrops by John Clare

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    nature, beauty, hope
  17. Distant Hills by John Clare

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    nature, love, hope
  18. Dyke Side by John Clare

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    nature, love, time
  19. Early Nightingale by John Clare

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    nature, love, time
  20. Early Spring by John Clare

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    nature, love, solitude
  21. Earth's Eternity by John Clare

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    nature, death, faith
  22. Emmonsail's Heath in Winter by John Clare

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    nature, love, hope
  23. Evening Primrose by John Clare

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    nature, love, beauty
  24. Farewell by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  25. Farewell and Defiance to Love by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  26. Farm Breakfast by John Clare

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    nature, love, choice
  27. Farmer's Boy by John Clare

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    nature, war, identity
  28. Field Path by John Clare

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    nature, love, choice
  29. First Love by John Clare

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    nature, love, hope
  30. Firwood by John Clare

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    nature, love, solitude
  31. Fragment by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  32. From "A Rhapsody" by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  33. From "January" by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  34. From "The Parish: A Satire" by John Clare

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    nature, love, hope
  35. Gipsies by John Clare

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    nature, solitude, war
  36. Grasshoppers by John Clare

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    nature, solitude
  37. Graves of Infants by John Clare

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    nature, death, beauty
  38. Hodge by John Clare

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    solitude, identity, time
  39. House or Window Flies by John Clare

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    nature, beauty, war
  40. I Am by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  41. I Dreamt of Robin by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  42. Idle Fame by John Clare

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    nature, beauty, hope
  43. Impromptu by John Clare

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    nature, love, solitude
  44. In Hilly-Wood by John Clare

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    nature, love, solitude
  45. Insects by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  46. Invitation to Eternity by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  47. Letter in Verse by John Clare

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    nature, solitude, time
  48. Little Trotty Wagtail by John Clare

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    nature, war, choice
  49. Love by John Clare

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    nature, love, beauty
  50. Love Cannot Die by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  51. Love Lives Beyond the Tomb by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  52. Love and Solitude by John Clare

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    nature, love, hope
  53. Market Day by John Clare

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    nature, beauty, hope
  54. Mary Bateman by John Clare

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    nature, love, beauty
  55. Mary Bayfield by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  56. Meet Me in the Green Glen by John Clare

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    nature, love, beauty
  57. Merry Maid by John Clare

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    nature, love, solitude
  58. Nature's Hymn to the Deity by John Clare

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    nature, hope, solitude
  59. Nightwind by John Clare

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    nature, love, identity
  60. Nobody Cometh to Woo by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  61. November by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  62. Now is Past by John Clare

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    nature, love, hope
  63. Peggy by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  64. Peggy's the Lady of the Hall by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  65. Pleasures of Fancy by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  66. Ploughman Singing by John Clare

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    nature, beauty, hope
  67. Quail's Nest by John Clare

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    nature, hope, solitude
  68. Remembrances by John Clare

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    nature, love, beauty
  69. Rural Morning by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  70. Scandal by John Clare

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    identity, time, choice
  71. Secret Love by John Clare

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    nature, love, beauty
  72. Signs of Winter by John Clare

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    nature, time, choice
  73. Snow Storm by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  74. Song by John Clare

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    nature, love, hope
  75. Song's Eternity by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  76. Spear Thistle by John Clare

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    nature, love, death
  77. Sport in the Meadows by John Clare

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    nature, love, beauty
  78. Spring's Messengers by John Clare

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    nature, love, faith
  79. Stonepit by John Clare

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    nature, identity, sea
  80. Sudden Shower by John Clare

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    nature, war, identity

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