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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TO THE GLOW-WORM
Tastefull Illuminations of the nightBright scatter'd twinkling stars o' spangl'd earth
Hail to the nameless colour'd dark-&-light
The watching nurse o' thy illumin'd birth
In thy still hour how dearly I delight
To rest my weary bones—from labour free
In lone spots out o' hearing & o' sight
To sigh days smother'd pains & pause on thee
Bedecking dangling brier & ivied tree
Or diamonds tipping on the grassy spear
Thy pale fac'd glimmering light I love to see
Gilding & glistering i' the dew drop near—
O still hours mate—my easing heart sobs free
While tiny bents low bend wi' many a added tear
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