{"id":125,"date":"2017-02-05T16:24:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T16:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/?p=125"},"modified":"2017-02-05T19:18:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T19:18:56","slug":"thoughts-in-a-churchyard-poem-by-john-clare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/thoughts-in-a-churchyard-poem-by-john-clare\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts in a Churchyard &#8211; Poem by John Clare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poem 36 of 100 days of poetry<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thoughts In A Churchyard - Poem by John Clare by Rob Goll\" width=\"525\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F306237876&show_artwork=true&maxheight=788&maxwidth=525\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>THOUGHTS IN A CHURCH-YARD - John Clare<\/p>\n<p>Ah! happy spot, how still it seems<br \/>\n  Where crowds of buried memories sleep;<br \/>\nHow quiet Nature o\u2019er them dreams,<br \/>\n  \u2019Tis but our troubled thoughts that weep.<br \/>\nLife\u2019s book shuts here--its page is lost<br \/>\n  With them, and all its busy claims,<br \/>\nThe poor are from its memory crost,<br \/>\n  The rich leave nothing but their names.<\/p>\n<p>There rest the weary from their toil;<br \/>\n  There lie the troubled, free from care;<br \/>\nWho through the strife of life\u2019s turmoil<br \/>\n  Sought rest, and only found it there.<br \/>\nWith none to fear his scornful brow,<br \/>\n  There sleeps the master with the slave;<br \/>\nAnd heedless of all titles now,<br \/>\n  Repose the honoured and the brave.<\/p>\n<p>There rest the miser and the heir,<br \/>\n  Both careless who their wealth shall reap;<br \/>\nE\u2019en love finds cure for heart-aches here,<br \/>\n  And none enjoy a sounder sleep.<br \/>\nThe fair one far from folly\u2019s freaks,<br \/>\n  As quiet as her neighbour seems,<br \/>\nUnconscious now of rosy cheeks,<br \/>\n  Without a rival in her dreams.<\/p>\n<p>Strangers alike to joy and strife,<br \/>\n  Heedless of all its past affairs.<br \/>\nThey\u2019re blotted from the list of life,<br \/>\n  And absent from its teazing cares.<br \/>\nGrief, joy, hope, fear, and all their crew<br \/>\n  That haunt the memory\u2019s living mind,<br \/>\nCeased, when they could no more pursue,<br \/>\n  And left a painless blank behind.<\/p>\n<p>Life\u2019s _ignis fatuus_ light is gone,<br \/>\n  No more to lead their hopes astray;<br \/>\nCare\u2019s poisoned cup is drain\u2019d and done,<br \/>\n  And all its follies past away.<br \/>\nThe bill\u2019s made out, the reck\u2019ning paid,<br \/>\n  The book is cross\u2019d, the business done;<br \/>\nOn them the last demand is made,<br \/>\n  And heaven\u2019s eternal peace is won.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robgoll.com%2Fcontent%2Faudio-recordings%2Fthoughts-in-a-churchyard-poem-by-john-clare%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/thoughts-in-a-churchyard-poem-by-john-clare\/\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/thoughts-in-a-churchyard-poem-by-john-clare\/\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/thoughts-in-a-churchyard-poem-by-john-clare\/\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poem 36 of 100 days of poetry THOUGHTS IN A CHURCH-YARD &#8211; John Clare Ah! happy spot, how still it seems Where crowds of buried memories sleep; How quiet Nature o\u2019er them dreams, \u2019Tis but our troubled thoughts that weep. 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