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'The Lament of Swordy Well' is a poem written by John Clare.
Clare personified an Old Quarry, that was close to his home, and using its voice, spoke of the despair it felt at the hardships of the poor and the land around it ever since it had been enclosed by the local parish. The poem is one of Clare's most famous protestation poems.
