Druid spellz...crap or not crap?

The druid spells look like utter crap to me. No Animate Dead, no Silence, no PFE...

I thought they had the same spell table as clerics. I like druid cause they advance really fast, but if the spells are crap, what's the point?

Can I get some advice from people with the books? I don't know what the hell the spells do. Druid really does advance fast though...