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The early poems of John Clare

1804-1822: General editor Eric Robinson: Edited by Eric Robinson and David Powell: Associate editor Margaret Grainger

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[[The maid who] roams upon the plain]

[The maid who] roams upon the plain
Will no more trust your Songs
For pride disguisd & love despisd
Are bought with killing wrongs
The swain that late beheld [his Love]
While wandering by his side
His [maiden] pain but told in vain
Till life despaird & dyd