The later poems of John Clare 1837-1864 ... General editor Eric Robinson: Edited by Eric Robinson and David Powell: Associate editor Margaret Grainger |
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[False time what is it but a rogues account]
False time what is it but a rogues accountOf books wrong kept—times keystone is the sun
True natures wronged—& what is the amount
But deaths diseases—that their circuit run
Through error & through deeds that fate has done
Religion is the health—the suns bright ray
By which the goal of Love & Freedoms won
The oceans tide will flow its natural way
& none its speed & none its course will stay
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