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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Good & substantial painter merits raiseEncouragement from censure into praise
On the plain canvass in poetic strife
Rich pictures rise from nothingness to life
Great in semplicity the pencil vies
Endearing nature with her simple dyes
Making the portraits look from out the frames
& almost speak in answer to their names
Yea Landscapes too & many a pleasant scene
Naked in winter grow to evergreen
Enjoy thy labours & relapse between
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