Posts Tagged ‘John Clare’
All Nature Has a Feeling
By John Clare All nature has a feeling: woods, fields, brooks Are life eternal; and in silence they Speak happiness beyond the reach of books; There’s nothing mortal in them; their decay Is the green life of change; to pass away And come again in blooms revivified. Its birth was heaven, eternal is its stay,…
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By John Clare Loud is the summer’s busy song The smallest breeze can find a tongue, While insects of each tiny size Grow teasing with their melodies, Till noon burns with its blistering breath Around, and day lies still as death. Today is the birthday of the English poet John Clare who was…
Read MoreJuly 13, 2020 Garden Ideas to Boost Curb Appeal, Julius Caesar, Jane Loudon, John Charles Frémont, John Clare, The Power of a Plant by Stephen Ritz, and the Fairchild Tropical Garden
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News 12 front garden ideas – inviting designs to boost your curb appeal | Real Homes Botanical History On This Day 100 BC Julius Caesar, whose…
Read MoreA Garland for John Clare: Nature’s Eternal Song and Summer’s Busy Choir
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. John Clare, an English poet born in 1793. July 13, 2020 Today we remember the English poet John Clare, born on…
Read MoreSo Dull And Dark Are The November Days
by John Clare So dull and dark are the November days. The lazy mist high up the evening curled, And now the morn quite hides in smoke and haze; The place we occupy seems all the world. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful…
Read MoreEchoes of November: Poems of Falling Leaves and Fading Light
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. The falling leaves and fading light of November. A well-known daguerreotype of Emily Dickinson, prominent American poet. John Clare, an English…
Read MoreJuly 24, 2019 Basilmania, Benning Wentworth, Henry Shaw, Pigeon Peas, John Clare, Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West, Planting a Clock Garden, and Dial-A-Garden-Tip
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News Are you a fan of basil? A few years ago, I produced an entire long-format show about basil for the Still Growing podcast. It was…
Read MoreJohn Clare’s “July”: The Busy Song of Summer and the Stillness of Noon
by John Clare Loud is the summer’s busy song The smallest breeze can find a tongue, While insects of each tiny size Grow teasing with their melodies, Till noon burns with its blistering breath Around, and day lies still as death. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are…
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