Hail, humble Helpstone ...
Here are the different Clares that have beguil. --from "Helpstone" "I Am": The Selected Poetry of John Clare is the first anthology of the great "peasant poet"\'s remarkable verse that makes available the full range of his accomplishments.
Where dawning genius never met the day, Where useless ignorance slumbers life away Unknown nor heeded, where low genius tries Above the vulgar and the vain to rise.
Hail, humble Helpstone ..