See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• CLARE
• JOHN CLARE (1793-1864)
• CLARE, JOHN FITZGIBBON, 1ST EARL OF (1749-1802)

CLARE (1793-1864)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet, commonly known as " the See also:

• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Northamptonshire See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

Peasant Poet," the son of a See also:

• FARM

farm labourer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Helpstone near See also:

• PETERBOROUGH

Peterborough, on the 13th of See also:

• JULY

July 1793 . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of seven he was taken from school to tend See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep and geese; four years later he began to See also:

• WORK

work on a farm, attending in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter evenings a school where he is said to have learnt some See also:

• ALGEBRA (from the Arab. al-jebr wa'l-mugabala, transposition and removal [of terms of an equation], the name of a treatise by Mahommed ben Musa al-Khwarizmi)

algebra . He then became a pot-boy in a public-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house and See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in love with See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary Joyce, but her See also:

• FATHER

father, a prosperous See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer, forbade her to meet him . Subsequently he was gardener at See also:

• BURGHLEY, WILLIAM CECIL, BARON (1521-1598)

Burghley See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park . He enlisted in the See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia, tried See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp See also:

• LIFE

life with See also:

• GIPSIES, or GYPSIES

gipsies, and worked as a See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime burner in 1817, but in the following See also:

• YEAR

year he was obliged to accept See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

• RELIEF

relief . See also:

• CLARE
• CLARE, JOHN (1793-1864)
• CLARE, JOHN FITZGIBBON, 1ST EARL OF (1749-1802)

Clare had bought a copy of See also:

• THOMSON, JAMES (1822-1892)
• THOMSON, JAMES (1834-1882)
• THOMSON, JAMES (r700-1748)
• THOMSON, JOHN (1778-184o)
• THOMSON, JOSEPH (1858-1895)
• THOMSON, SIR CHARLES WYVILLE (1830-1882)
• THOMSON, THOMAS (1773-1852)
• THOMSON, WILLIAM (1819-189o)

Thomson's Seasons out of his scanty earnings and had begun to write poems . In 1819 a bookseller at See also:

• STAMFORD
• STAMFORD, HENRY GREY

Stamford, named See also:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury, lighted on one of Clare's poems, The Setting See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

Sun, written on a scrap of See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper enclosing a See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note to his predecessor in the business . He befriended the author and introduced his poems to the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• TAYLOR
• TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

Taylor, of the See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing See also:

• FIRM

firm of Taylor & Hussey, who issued the Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery in 182o . This See also:

• BOOK

book was highly praised, and in the next year his See also:

• VILLAGE

Village See also:

• MINSTREL

Minstrel and other Poems were published . He was greatly patronized; fame, in the shape of curious visitors, See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke the See also:

• TENOR (through Fr. and It. from Lat. tenor, holding on, course, sense of a law, tone)

tenor of his life, and the convivial habits that he had formed were indulged more freely . He had married in 1820, and an See also:

• ANNUITY (from Lat. annus, a year)

annuity of 15 guineas from See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter, in whose service he had been, was supplemented by subscription, and he became possessed of £45 annually, a sum far beyond what he had ever earned, but new wants made his income insufficient, and in 1823 he was nearly penniless . The Shepherd's See also:

• CALENDAR

Calendar (1827) met with little success, which was not increased by his hawking it himself .

As he worked again on the See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields his See also:

• HEALTH

health temporarily improved; but he soon became seriously See also:

• ILL

ill . Lord See also:

• FITZWILLIAM, SIR WILLIAM (1526-1599)
• FITZWILLIAM, WILLIAM WENTWORTH FITZWILLIAM, 2ND EARL (1748-1833)

Fitzwilliam presented him with a new cottage and a piece of ground, but Clare could not See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle in his new See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home . Gradually his mind gave way . His last and best work, the Rural Musa (1835), was noticed by " See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North " alone . He had for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time shown symptoms of See also:

• INSANITY (from Lat. in, not, and sanus, sound)

insanity; and in July 1837 he was removed to a private See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum, and afterwards to the See also:

• NORTHAMPTON
• NORTHAMPTON, ASSIZE OF
• NORTHAMPTON, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Northampton See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general lunatic asylum, where he died on the loth of May 1864 . Clare's descriptions of rural scenes show a keen and loving appreciation of nature, and his love-songs and See also:

• BALLADS

ballads See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm by their genuine feeling; but his See also:

• VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue was no doubt largely due to the See also:

• INTEREST

interest aroused by his humble position in life . See the Life of John Clare, by See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin (1865) ; and Life and Remains of John Clare, by J . L . See also:

• CHERRY

Cherry (1873), which, though not so See also:

• COMPLETE

complete, contains some of the poet's asylum verses and See also:

• PROSE

prose fragments .