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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[Young love is in the spring]
Young love is in the spring
In the bud before it flowers
In the songs the skylarks sing
In the hue of early flowers
In the bud before it flowers
In the songs the skylarks sing
In the hue of early flowers
In the violet dark & blue
When I found the first for thee
There was true love in its hue
& it grew in places free
When I found the first for thee
There was true love in its hue
& it grew in places free
In the bud on the white thorn
In night dews & suns of day
Love lies within unborn
For twill turn a bunch of may
In night dews & suns of day
Love lies within unborn
For twill turn a bunch of may
Theres love about the grass
That waits for summer hours
For if there in may we pass
Twill all be turned to flowers
That waits for summer hours
For if there in may we pass
Twill all be turned to flowers
Love is in yonder cloud
& with skylarks when they sing
Love's silence blooms aloud
Tis in cowslips where they spring
& with skylarks when they sing
Love's silence blooms aloud
Tis in cowslips where they spring
Love is in early showers
Fast falling from above
We look on spring's first flowers
& we think of those we love
Fast falling from above
We look on spring's first flowers
& we think of those we love
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