Quotes by John Clare, "I Am": The Selected Poetry of John Clare

“I amyet what I am none cares or knows; My friends forsake me like a memory lost: I am the self-consumer of my woes They rise and vanish in oblivious host, Like shadows in loves frenzied stifled thr...”

“Into the nothingness of scorn and noise, Into the living sea of waking dreams, Where there is neither sense of life or joys, But the vast shipwreck of my lifes esteems; Even the dearest that I love...”

“I am—yet what I am none cares or knows; My friends forsake me like a memory lost: I am the self-consumer of my woes— They rise and vanish in oblivious host, Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled ...”