A Vision by John Clare online sound poem

Subject: A Vision by John Clare online sound poem
From: GUEST,Jim Clark..London.England
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 02:17 AM

Troubled poet John Clare who lived most of his life in his native rural Northamptonshire England will no doubt have experienced many periods of despair and elation during his many years of suffering from severe mental illness that led him at times into complete delusion. This poem perhaps speaks of his and all our battles to triumph over the adversary of despair . Perhaps it was this quality in Clares psychological make up that facilitated his continued creativity through many years spent in mental institutions..Heres the link to the page where you can listen to this online sound poem set to music...
A Vision by John Clare 1793 - 1864 (online sound poem set to music)


Regards...

Jim Clark..
PS..Dont forget you can if you prefer listen to my sound poems at my Yahoo "sound poetry" web group (look in "files") heres that link
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bloozman_uk/

All rights are reserved on this sound recording/copyright/patent Jim Clark 2003


A Vision

lost the love of heaven above,
I spurned the lust of earth below,

I felt the sweets of fancied love,

And hell itself my only foe.


I lost earth's joys, but felt the glow

Of heaven's flame abound in me,

Till loveliness and I did grow

The bard of immortality.


I loved, but woman fell away;

I hid me from her faded flame.

I snatched the sun's eternal ray

And wrote till earth was but a name.


In every language upon earth,

On every shore, o'er every sea,

I gave my name immortal birth

And kept my spirit with the free.

Subject: RE: A Vision by John Clare online sound poem
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Aug 03 - 01:17 AM

I am confused - who was troubled?