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The later poems of John Clare

1837-1864 ... General editor Eric Robinson: Edited by Eric Robinson and David Powell: Associate editor Margaret Grainger
Clare, John (1793-1864)

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Volume I
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Poems written at High Beach, Epping, 1837–1841, and at Northborough, 1841
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Poems written in Northampton Asylum, 1842–1864
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Volume II

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SONG To his Wife

1

O Mary in the silent hour
Still let my memory dwell
Thy face was like the lily flower
Thy eye the young gazelle—

2

I look on pleasures that have been
I look on things that are
In every place and every scene
And nothing find but care

3

There's something in thine arching brow
So beautifully fair
It even warms my bosom now
To feel my home is there

4

So Mary in thy silent thoughts
Still keep a place for me
Then is my prison kindly bought
And happy shall I be
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