Popularity is a hasty and busy talker, she catches hold of … - John Clare

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Popularity is a hasty and busy talker, she catches hold of topics and offers them to fame without giving herself time to reflect whether they are true or false.

John Clare

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John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet, commonly known as "the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet". The son of a farm labourer, he was born at Helpston near Peterborough.

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Alternative Names: Northamptonshire Peasant Poet

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In crime and enmity they lie
Who sin and tell us love can die,
Who say to us in slander's breath
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Superstition lives longer than books, it is engraved on the human mind 'til it becomes a part of its existence.

I loved thee, though I told thee not,
Right earlily and long, thou wert joy of my ever spot
theme of my every song.

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