Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RURAL SCENES, by JOHN CLARE



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First Line: I never saw a man in all my days
Last Line: To hearts, whose songs are gathered from the field.
Subject(s): Country Life


I never saw a man in all my days --
One whom the calm of quietness pervades --
Who gave not woods and fields his hearty praise,
And felt a happiness in summer shades.
There I meet common thoughts, that all may read
Who love the quiet fields: -- I note them well,
Because they give me joy as I proceed,
And joy renewed, when I their beauties tell
In simple verse, and unambitious songs,
That in some mossy cottage haply may
Be read, and win the praise of humble tongues
In the green shadows of some after-day.
For rural fame may likeliest rapture yield
To hearts, whose songs are gathered from the field.





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