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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[The sun is gone the shut of evening flowers]
The sun is gone the shut of evening flowersStill mark by quiet shades the last of day
& dew drops fall to tell the silent hours
Till nights pitch darkness lessens into grey
Then all the deeper shadows pass away
The richest colours are but under-stains
The black turns crimson & the crimson grey
The sunny dew drops overspread the plains
If not ‘the greater’ like ‘the lesser rains’
O God methinks it were a happy life
To live among these hills the summer through
& never heed a house nor city strife
& see the sky get shelter from the dew
[I]t where a happy life as man ere knew
To dwell in such sweet places [OMITTED]
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[The morning air is rich to meet]
The morning air is rich to meet& sweetly hued the morning skies
The flower is by the hedge side sweet
& bright & clear are Nellys eyes
Sweet are the walks we take at eve
When setting suns withdraw their smiles
Look where I will I do believe
Theres nought as sweet as [Nelly Giles]
[Hw glrs s th smmr n ts prm]
Hw glrs s th smmr n ts prmTh sn ll mldnss thgh t brns th skn
S sftnd b th brz t smmr tm
Lvl & lss smmr—v cms n
Wth dwfls fr th flwrs—t wr. sn
T fnd flt wth ths ssn f th yr
ll flwrs nd snshn & grn thngs cm n
ll ll fr mns dlght tll wntr drr
Shts p th chrm
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[Where mossey oaks & hazel bushes gr[ow]]
Where mossey oaks & hazel bushes gr[ow]Where the soft ring dove flyes on clapping wing
& little birds among the bushes sing
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