POEMS BY JOHN CLARE PUBLISHER’S NOTICE. The Publisher desires to express his regret that, owing to an oversight, the proofs of the Introduction were not submitted to the Editor, who is in no way responsible for the following ERRATA (corrected in this etext) Page xvii., line 6, for “been” read “being”; page xxii., first line, for “Reynerdson” read “Reynardson”; page xxiv., for “tête-á-tête” read “tête-à-tête”; page xxviii., 2nd line, for “compliments.” read “compliments,”; page xxx., line 11, for “Dick Suivelles” read “Dick Swiveller”; page xxxi., in the last line but two, for “to” read “of”; page xxxix., in line 6 of second paragraph for “widey” read “widely.” POEMS _by_ JOHN CLARE SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY NORMAN GALE (AUTHOR OF “A COUNTRY MUSE,” &C. &C.) WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY BY C. ERNEST SMITH RUGBY: GEORGE E. OVER, 1901 Printed at The Rugby Press CONTENTS Page A Spring Morning 138 A World for Love 120 Address to Plenty 3 Approach of Spring, The 76 Autumn 99 Autumn Robin, The 132 Ballad 42 Crab Tree, The 139 Decay 125 December 70 Effusion 39 Gipsy Camp, The 45 Graves of Infants 144 Harvest Morning, The 18 Home Yearnings 145 I am! Yet what I am 157 June 65 Love 123 Love Lives beyond the Tomb 147 Meeting, The 37 Milton, To John 154 My Early Home 149 My Love, thou art a Nosegay Sweet 36