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House or Window Flies

By John Clare

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These little window dwellers, in cottages and halls, were always     entertaining to me; after dancing in the window all day from sunrise     to sunset they would sip of the tea, drink of the beer, and eat of the     sugar, and be welcome all summer long. They look like things of mind     or fairies, and seem pleased or dull as the weather permits. In many     clean cottages and genteel houses, they are allowed every liberty to     creep, fly, or do as they like; and seldom or ever do wrong. In fact     they are the small or dwarfish portion of our own family, and so many     fairy familiars that we know and treat as one of ourselves.

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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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