by John Clare (1793 - 1864)
Dear Sir, / I am in a Madhouse and quite...
Language: English
Dear Sir, I am in a Madhouse and quite forget your Name or who you are You must excuse me for I have nothing to commu(n)icate or tell of and why I am shut up I dont know I have nothing to say so I conclude. Yours respectfully, John Clare (To James Hipkins, 1860)
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View text with all available footnotesNote: This is Clare's last extant letter. It is addressed to James Hipkins, 1860.
1 omitted by D. E. Thomas in the second setting.Text Authorship:
- by John Clare (1793 - 1864), no title, written 1860, first published 1988 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by David Evan Thomas (b. 1958), "In a Madhouse", subtitle: "To James Hipkins (I)", 1990 [baritone, piano], from Heard in a Violent Ward, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by David Evan Thomas (b. 1958), "Conclusion", 1990 [baritone, piano], from Heard in a Violent Ward, no. 7. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2006-06-12
Line count: 7
Word count: 60