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Hen's Nest

By John Clare

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Among the orchard weeds, from every search,     Snugly and sure, the old hens nest is made,     Who cackles every morning from her perch     To tell the servant girl new eggs are laid;     Who lays her washing by, and far and near     Goes seeking all about from day to day,     And stung with nettles tramples everywhere;     But still the cackling pullet lays away.     The boy on Sundays goes the stack to pull     In hopes to find her there, but naught is seen,     And takes his hat and thinks to find it full,     Shes laid so long so many might have been.     But naught is found and all is given oer     Till the young brood come chirping to the door.

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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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