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Native Scenes.

By John Clare

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O Native scenes, nought to my heart clings nearer     Than you, ye Edens of my youthful hours;     Nought in this world warms my affections dearer     Than you, ye plains of white and yellow flowers;     Ye hawthorn hedge-rows, and ye woodbine bowers,     Where youth has rov'd, and still where manhood roves     The pasture-pathway 'neath the willow groves.     Ah, as my eye looks o'er those lovely scenes,     All the delights of former life beholding;     Spite of the pain, the care that intervenes,--     When lov'd remembrance is her bliss unfolding,     Picking her childish posies on your greens,--     My soul can pause o'er its distress awhile,     And Sorrow's cheek find leisure for a smile.

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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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