Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Life of John Clare
Some. Forty years ago, the literary world rapturously hailed the appearance of a new poet, brought forward as the N orthamptonshire Peasant' and 'the English Burns.' There was no limit to the applause bestowed upon him. Rossini set his verses to music Madame Vestris recited them before crowded audiences William Gifford sang his praises in the Quarterly Review and all the critical journals, reviews.
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