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John Clare: The Midsummer Cushion

Edited by R. K. R. Thornton & Anne Tibble
Clare, John (1793-1864)

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THE MIDSUMMER CUSHION

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GLINTON SPIRE

Glinton thy taper spire predominates
Over the level landscape—& the mind
Musing—the pleasing picture contemplates
Like elegance of beauty much refined
By taste—that almost deifys & elevates
Ones admiration making common things
Around it glow with beautys not their own
Thus all around the earth superior springs
Those straggling trees though lonely seem not lone
But in thy presence wear superior power
& een each mossed & melancholly stone
Gleaning cold memories round oblivions bower
Seem types of fair eternity—& hire
A lease from fame by thy enchanting spire
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