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Selected Poems of John Clare, Volume 2

by John Clare (1793-1864)

John Clare (1793 – 1864) was a farm labourer in the village of Helpstone, Northamptonshire, who became arguably England’s greatest nature poet. He rose to fame when his ‘Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery’ was published in 1820. His language preserves many local dialect words in a mixture of classical forms and heart-felt love of country life and nature.

This volume comprises fifteen of his bird poems.

(Summary by David Barnes).

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Total running time: 0:34:33
Read by David Barnes

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• 01 – To the Snipe – 00:04:01
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• 02 – Birds Nests – 00:01:09
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• 03 – On Seeing Two Swallows Late in October – 00:02:01
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• 04 – The March Nightingale – 00:01:07
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• 05 – The Thrushes Nest – 00:01:16
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• 06 – The Wren – 00:01:09
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• 07 – The Nightingales Nest – 00:05:37
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• 08 – The Sky Lark – 00:02:07
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• 09 – The Ravens Nest – 00:03:04
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• 10 – Sedge Birds Nest – 00:01:10
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• 11 – The Autumn Robin – 00:05:59
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• 12 – The Pettichaps Nest – 00:02:56
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• 13 – Partridge Coveys – 00:01:06
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• 14 – Hedge Sparrow – 00:01:08
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• 15 – High Overhead that Silent Throne – 00:00:43
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Cataloged on August 18, 2007