tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615986.post114287310496586056..comments2023-09-23T12:27:48.199+01:00Comments on John Clare Weblog: The YellowhammerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615986.post-1143316884936609302006-03-25T20:01:00.000+00:002006-03-25T20:01:00.000+00:00Hi John,Thanks for your help!Roger also wrote me t...Hi John,<BR/>Thanks for your help!<BR/>Roger also wrote me that the poem can be found in "English Romantic Verses" by David Wright, I'm now trying to find a bookstore in the Netherlands that sells this book. Kindest regards, LiesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615986.post-1143208498358308952006-03-24T13:54:00.000+00:002006-03-24T13:54:00.000+00:00Hi Lies, hi Roger. You can find the poem beginning...Hi Lies, hi Roger. You can find the poem beginning 'I do not love thee' in my index of first lines on the Clare web page (under 'Useful Indexes'):<BR/><BR/>http://www.johnclare.info/<BR/><BR/>It is called 'Love's Story' and is printed in the Oxford Authors/Major Works edition, p. 377)<BR/>John GoodridgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615986.post-1142971039474215102006-03-21T19:57:00.000+00:002006-03-21T19:57:00.000+00:00Dear Roger,I was wondering if you could help me ou...Dear Roger,<BR/><BR/>I was wondering if you could help me out... I was reading a book written by a Dutch author (Maarten 't Hart-de Droomkoningin) in which he cites a few phrases of John Clare's poem Love's Story, for example:<BR/><BR/>I do not love thee,<BR/>Yet joy's very essence,<BR/>Comes with thy footsteps,<BR/>Is complete in thy presence.<BR/><BR/>and:<BR/><BR/>I do not love thee,<BR/>Yet thy handsome ways,<BR/>Bring me in absence,<BR/>Almost hopeless days.<BR/><BR/>I have been searching everywhere, mostly on the internet, but I can't find this poem anywhere. Can you help me find this poem?<BR/><BR/>Kindest regards,<BR/>Lies Heessels<BR/>Hedel, The Netherlands<BR/>liesheessels@planet.nlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com