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Description: Full lesson: britlish.com/public/britlish_library/lesson_details.php?id=329 John Clare, 1793-1864, was an English poet who spent the last 27 years of his life in an insane asylum, in which he wrote this poem. I Am! by John Clare 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 throes And yet I am, and live - like vapours tossed 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 life’s esteems; Even the dearest that I loved the best Are strange - nay, rather, stranger than the rest. 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. There are hundreds of British English Lessons in the Britlish Library free for you to use at britlish.com Created by an experienced British English teacher, the lessons in the Britlish Library will help you improve all areas of your English skills from writing and speaking, to listening and reading. The British English lessons in the Britlish Library are full of multimedia content in the form of videos, audio files, animations, and engaging image files. This multimedia content makes learning British English much more fun and engaging than simply reading text in a book. Unlike the video English lessons on the Britlish YouTube channel, the British English lessons in the Britlish Library at britlish.com help you to activate your English skills by giving you plenty of interactive exercises to help you learn, remember, and use the language you acquire. New British English lessons are regularly added to the Britlish Library so there is always something new to learn. The lessons are categorised in the Britlish library at britlish.com into the following categories: English in use lessons, exams and tests lessons, grammar lessons, humour lessons, idioms lessons, information lessons, literature lessons, phrasal verbs lessons, Sounds British pronunciation lessons, spelling lessons, vocabulary lessons, writing lessons, Sounds Rude lessons, and more. There is a complete British English pronunciation course in the Britlish Library at britlish.com which will teach you all you need to know about the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and the 44 IPA sounds and symbols of British English pronunciation. Most importantly, all of the lessons in the Britlish Library are free to use for everyone. There is a vocabulary memorisation system developed to make sure you never forget any new English vocabulary. The system is cloud-based and works on any device. Another great service is the most common vocabulary memoriser which will help you to learn, remember, and use more than 4,000 of the most commonly used British English words. Master these 4,000+ vocabulary items and you will be able to understand 90% of British English whether spoken or written. This service is also free to use. If you want to take your English to the next level, visit the Britlish Library at britlish.com today.