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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[Fair grows the tree by the side of the fountain]
Fair grows the tree by the side of the fountainGreen green grows the grass in the falls of the plain
Sweet smells the thyme on the caps of the mountains
& sweet from the woods thrill[s] the Mavis [h]is strains
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Adorn the cool fountain & carpet the plain
& molehills of thyme the wild mountains perfuming
Still do they bloom but to please me in vain
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