The later poems of John Clare 1837-1864 ... General editor Eric Robinson: Edited by Eric Robinson and David Powell: Associate editor Margaret Grainger |
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MARY AYRE |
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MARY AYRE
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The music of thy voice is steelingAround the heart in fondest feeling
And leaves a passion past consealing
For bonny Mary Ayre
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The breeze is flapping in the shrowdThe storm is singing in the cloud
And still the first in every crowd
Is bonny Mary Ayre
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The flood and forrest doubly ravesA mist is hanging o'er the waves
And flowers are in a thousand graves
With floods and tempests o'er them
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In every season of the yearHer voice in music songs I hear
In mountains, valleys, every where
I hear sweet Mary Ayre
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There is a soul in natures voiceThat makes my lonely heart rejoice
The breezes wisper my first choice
And that is Mary Ayre
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