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Entries from the journal that C19th English poet John Clare kept from Sep 1824 - Sep 1825, posted on the day of the year they were written.

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lingers with her storys there is always some truth in them - brought home a bush of Ling or heath to plant in the garden
February 16, 2026 at 6:30 AM
beautiful one I forget the title it begins 'A witherd old gipsey one day I espied Who bade me shun the thick woods & said something beside' but the old woman that sung it is gone - the 'Old Guardian Angels' 'Banks of Banna' & a thousand others
February 14, 2026 at 6:30 AM
began - my dear Anna taken very ill
February 13, 2026 at 6:30 AM
that I was excessive ignorant to palm such ignorant impudence upon me for truth after he found that his scheme would not take he begd two pence & departed - he is the son of an odd fellow at Baston he is a little foolish in his nature & they put him a long while to school to compleat what she...
February 13, 2026 at 6:30 AM
ballad is bad I did it in memory of the music & shall not alter it
February 12, 2026 at 6:30 AM
window with three eggs in it I lookd again in March & found two young ones pen-featherd starved to death - she laid again in the same nest & brought off a fledged brood in April
February 4, 2026 at 6:30 AM
the small-pox almost everybody catches the plague
February 3, 2026 at 6:30 AM
young day follys - John Cue was once head Gardener for Lord Manners of Ufford Hall - he was fond of flowers & books & possessed a many curious ones of the latter among which was 'Parkinson'
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 AM
recieves the ink very readily
February 1, 2026 at 6:30 AM
leaf
January 31, 2026 at 6:30 AM