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Isle of Skye,
Scotland

 

Words by
John Clare
(1793-1864)
from 'I Am'


I long for scenes where man hath never trod,
A place where woman never smiled or wept
There to abide with my Creator, God;
And sleep as I in childhood, sweetly slept,
Untroubling, and untroubled where I lie,
The grass below - above the vaulted sky.