Fragment 

The cataract whirling down the precipice,
  Elbows down rocks and, shouldering, thunders through.
Roars, howls, and stifled murmurs never cease;
  Hell and its agonies seem hid below.
Thick rolls the mist, that smokes and falls in dew;
  The trees and greenwood wear the deepest green.
Horrible mysteries in the gulph stare through,
  Roars of a million tongues, and none knows what they mean.
Credit

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on August 18, 2018, by the Academy of American Poets.

About this Poem

“Fragment” was published in John Clare Poems (Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1920).