Quote#Love
I love to see the old heath's withered brake
Quote byJohn Clare · 1793–1864
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems Chiefly from Manuscript, Emmonsail's Heath in Winter.
English (original)
I love to see the old heath's withered brake Mingle its crimpled leaves with furze and ling, While the old heron from the lonely lake Starts slow and flaps its melancholy wing
— John Clare
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