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The later poems of John Clare

1837-1864 ... General editor Eric Robinson: Edited by Eric Robinson and David Powell: Associate editor Margaret Grainger
Clare, John (1793-1864)

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KNIGHT TRANSCRIPTS VOLUME TWO
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THE LAST SIX POEMS
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POEMS FROM BAKER'S GLOSSARY
  
[Where the deer with their shadows passed swifter than thought]
  
[How beautiful May and its morning comes in!]
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Quotations from Baker's Glossary

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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 milk
Her 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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