Ocupation: Poet
Life: July 13, 1793 - May 20, 1864
Birthday: July 13
Death: May 20
The thorn tree just began to bud And greening stained the sheltering hedge, An many a violet beside the wood Peeped blue between the withered sedge; The sun gleamed warm the bank beside, 'Twas pleasant wandering out a while Neath nestling bush to lonely hide, Or bend a musings o'er a stile.
source: John Clare (2012). “Careless Rambles by John Clare: A Selection of His Poems Chosen and Illustrated by Tom Pohrt”, p.71, Counterpoint Press
topic: Lonely, Spring, Blue, Musings, Stiles, Withered, Greening