I Am

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I long for scenes where man hath never trod
A place where woman never smiled or wept
There to abide with my Creator God
And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept,
Untroubling and untroubled where I lie
The grass below, above, the vaulted sky.

John Clare

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Topic

Solitude Wilderness Spending time in nature

Author

John Clare

Source

I Am

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Clare, John. "I Am." The Bedford Times, 1 Jan. 1848, I. 13.

Current Citation

Clare, John. "I Am." John Clare: Major Works, edited by Eric Robinson and David Powell. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 13.