---
title: "1 Hour Love Quotes By John Clare"
description: "1 Hour Love quotes by John Clare. Plus more from John Clare and more Hour Love sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/john-clare-9982_faces_i-ne-er-was-struck-before-that-hour-with_40640.png"
---

> [I ne'er was struck before that hour with love so sudden and so sweet. Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower and stole my heart away complete](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/i-ne-er-was-struck-before-that-hour-with-love-so-sudden-and-so-sweet/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/john-clare-9982_faces_i-ne-er-was-struck-before-that-hour-with_40640.png)

## More by John Clare

> [I ne'er was struck before that hour with love so sudden and so sweet. Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower and stole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/i-ne-er-was-struck-before-that-hour-with-love-so-sudden-and-so-sweet/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

> [Ah, words are poor receipts for what time hath stole away...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/ah-words-are-poor-receipts-for-what-time-hath-stole-away/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

> [“ I Am! I am—yet what I am none cares or knows; My friends forsake me like a memory lost: I am the self-consumer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/i-am-i-am-yet-what-i-am-none-cares-or-knows-my-friends-forsake-me/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

> [“I long for scenes where man hath never trod A place where woman never smiled or wept There to abide with my Creator, God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/i-long-for-scenes-where-man-hath-never-trod-a-place-where-woman-never/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

> [I found the poems in the fields And only wrote them down](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/i-found-the-poems-in-the-fields-and-only-wrote-them-down/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

> [This world has suns, but they are overcast;This world has sweets, but they're of ling'ring bloom;Life still expects, and empty falls at last;Warm Hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/this-world-has-suns-but-they-are-overcast-this-world-has-sweets-but/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

> [ Forgive me if, in friendship’s way, I offer thee a wreath of May… \[N\]ourished by the dews of heaven… So I have Ivy placed… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/forgive-me-if-in-friendship-s-way-i-offer-thee-a-wreath-of-may-n/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

> [Yet simple souls, their faith it knows no stint: Things least to be believed are most preferred. All counterfeits, as from truth's sacred mint,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/yet-simple-souls-their-faith-it-knows-no-stint-things-least-to-be/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

> [I'm John Clare now. I was Byron and Shakespeare formerly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/i-m-john-clare-now-i-was-byron-and-shakespeare-formerly/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

> [To-morrow comes, true copy of to-day,And empty shadow of what is to be;Yet cheated Hope on future still depends,And ends but only when our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/to-morrow-comes-true-copy-of-to-day-and-empty-shadow-of-what-is-to-be/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

> [“Crowded places, I shunned them as noises too rude And fled to the silence of sweet solitude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/crowded-places-i-shunned-them-as-noises-too-rude-and-fled-to-the/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

> [The snow has left the cottage top; The thatch moss grows in brighter green; And eaves in quick succession drop, Where grinning icicles have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/the-snow-has-left-the-cottage-top-the-thatch-moss-grows-in-brighter/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

> [Into the nothingness of scorn and noise, Into the living sea of waking dreams, Where there is neither sense of life or joys, But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/into-the-nothingness-of-scorn-and-noise-into-the-living-sea-of-waking/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

> [Summer is a prodigal of joy. The grass Swarms with delighted insects as I pass, And crowds of grasshoppers at every stride Jump out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/summer-is-a-prodigal-of-joy-the-grass-swarms-with-delighted-insects/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

> [“Into the nothingness of scorn and noise, Into the living sea of waking dreams, Where there is neither sense of life or joys, But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/into-the-nothingness-of-scorn-and-noise-into-the-living-sea-of-waking-2/)

[John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hour-love/john-clare/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Hour Love Quotes By John Clare",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I ne'er was struck before that hour with love so sudden and so sweet. Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower and stole my heart away complete",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "John Clare"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/i-ne-er-was-struck-before-that-hour-with-love-so-sudden-and-so-sweet/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/john-clare-9982_faces_i-ne-er-was-struck-before-that-hour-with_40640.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/john-clare-9982_faces_i-ne-er-was-struck-before-that-hour-with_40640.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/john-clare-9982_faces_i-ne-er-was-struck-before-that-hour-with_40640.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I ne'er was struck before that hour with love so sudden and so sweet. Her face it bloomed like a sweet…” — John Clare",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hour-love/john-clare/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hour-love/john-clare/",
            "name": "Hour Love Quotes by John Clare",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hour-love/john-clare/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/john-clare-9982_faces_i-ne-er-was-struck-before-that-hour-with_40640.png"
            },
            "description": "1 Hour Love quotes by John Clare. Plus more from John Clare and more Hour Love sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hour-love/john-clare/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hour-love/john-clare/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Hour Love",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hour-love/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "John Clare",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hour-love/john-clare/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```