The Essential Clare

by John Ashbery; Carolyn Kizer

• ISBN13: 9780880011570
• ISBN10: 0880011572
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 3
Note	p. 20
Animals, Primroses, Bees, and Ivy
Sheep in Winter	p. 23
Mouse's Nest	p. 24
The Badger	p. 24
The Primrose Bank	p. 26
Hares at Play	p. 29
Wild Bees	p. 29
Young Lambs	p. 30
To the Ivy	p. 31
The Hedgehog	p. 31
The Lady-Fly	p. 32
The Vixen	p. 33
The Fox	p. 34
Evening Primrose	p. 35
Helpston: Poems 1809-1831
Noon	p. 36
A Reflection in Autumn	p. 39
Impromptu on Winter	p. 39
Stanzas from Winter	p. 40
Approach of Spring	p. 43
Recollections after an Evening Walk	p. 43
Stanzas from Helpston Green	p. 45
The Wheat Ripening	p. 46
Stanzas from Summer Images	p. 47
Heavy Dew	p. 48
Recollections after a Ramble	p. 49
The Moors (sometimes called The Enclosure)	p. 56
Song's Eternity	p. 58
Birds Nesting
Crows in Spring	p. 61
Doves	p. 62
The Lark's Nest	p. 63
The Moor-Hen's Nest	p. 63
The Nightingale's Nest	p. 64
The Pewit's Nest	p. 67
Sand Martin	p. 68
The Skylark Leaving Her Nest	p. 69
The Skylark	p. 70
To the Snipe	p. 71
The Swallow's Nest	p. 75
The Yellow Wagtail's Nest	p. 75
The Woodlark's Nest	p. 76
The Wryneck's Nest	p. 77
The Shepherd's Calendar: 1823-1825
Excerpts from July	p. 79
Northborough: Near Madness, 1832-1837
Stanzas from The Flitting	p. 87
November	p. 90
Autumn Birds	p. 91
Rook's Nest	p. 91
The Partridge	p. 92
The Tramp	p. 92
The Puddock's Nest	p. 93
The Gipsy Camp	p. 93
Northampton: Madness, 1841-1864
Stanzas from Child Harold	p. 95
Song (I hid my love when young . . .)	p. 99
Song (Love lies beyond. . .)	p. 100
Written in Prison	p. 101
The Yellowhammer	p. 101
Evening	p. 102
First Love	p. 103
An Invite to Eternity	p. 104
Stanzas (Black absence hides upon the past . . .)	p. 105
Lord Hear My Prayer	p. 106
I Am	p. 108
To Mary	p. 109
A Vision	p. 110
Sources	p. 111
About the Editor	p. 115
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