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Entries from the journal that C19th English poet John Clare kept from Sep 1824 - Sep 1825, posted on the day of the year they were written.

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Inclosure has left it desolate its companion of oak & ash being gone
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
of the second edition of the Minstrel they were a 12month in printing a title-page.
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
his stick & saw my fathers uncle set them carrying a score on his back at once I can scarcely believe it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
ink shed I never saw some of them
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
smiling at my young fancys in those days of happy ignorance.
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
pocket for my friend Artis there is some rabbits hants it & the earth they root out of their burrows is full of this cement & perishd stone - part of the moat is still open
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
were about a foot of the wall may be seen it is coverd within & without with blackthorn & privit & spurge laurel so that it is difficult to get about to view it I broke some of the cement off. that holds the stones together & it appears harder then the stones itself brought some home in my...
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
the 8th chapter of my life.
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
or more natives of England & Scotland one of the finest of the latter is calld the maidenhair growing in rock-clefts
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
author & his piety as a Christian I sincerely wish that the present day coud find such a man.
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
before the summer multitude & after their departure the tall hollyhock & little aster bloom in their showy colors then comes the michaelmas daisey & lastly the chrsanthemum while the China rosesall the year Or in thebud or in the bloom appear.
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
abide or perish here is certain but how or were is a mystery that has made more opinions then proofs & remains a mystery
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
which extends no further than the rim it is not in the collection at the British Museum
November 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM