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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[My Phebe she is handsome wi back as white as milk]
My Phebe she is handsome wi back as white as milkHer cheeks they are the very bloom that tarrys on the brere
The bubbies on her bosom they are as soft as silk
& Phebe is the bonny lass theres naebody sae dear
She's like a thing long kept & till we canna gie't awa'
& I'll luv my honest Phebe lang as I've breath to draw
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