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Firwood

By John Clare

Topics: classic

The fir trees taper into twigs and wear     The rich blue green of summer all the year,     Softening the roughest tempest almost calm     And offering shelter ever still and warm     To the small path that towels underneath,     Where loudest winds--almost as summer's breath--     Scarce fan the weed that lingers green below     When others out of doors are lost in frost and snow.     And sweet the music trembles on the ear     As the wind suthers through each tiny spear,     Makeshifts for leaves; and yet, so rich they show,     Winter is almost summer where they grow.

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About John Clare

John Clare (1793–1864) was an English poet known as the "peasant poet" for his humble origins. His nature poetry—including "I Am" and "Badger"—captures the English countryside with extraordinary precision and emotional honesty, and he is now recognized as one of the finest nature poets in the language.

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