And what is Life? — An hour-glass on the run, - John Clare

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And what is Life? — An hour-glass on the run,

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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I sleep with thee, and wake with thee,
And yet thou are not there;
I fill my arms with thoughts of thee,
And press the common air.

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When trouble haunts me, need I sigh? No, rather smile away despair;

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