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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[As hopes fair sun breaks fates desponding gloom] |
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[As hopes fair sun breaks fates desponding gloom]
As hopes fair sun breaks fates desponding gloom
Then flusht with fancied tales my bosom warms
Of better times & better days to come
& I made happy in my Pattys arms
Then flusht with fancied tales my bosom warms
Of better times & better days to come
& I made happy in my Pattys arms
But short the reign when reason takes her seat
& weighs the present with the future scene
With anguish then I view the cobweb cheat
That stang in dissapointment doubly keen
& weighs the present with the future scene
With anguish then I view the cobweb cheat
That stang in dissapointment doubly keen
Ye horrid powers the hellish fates mentain
To haunt adopted victims such as me
With dissapointed hopes & vexing pains
Crush me at once or set your prisoner free
To haunt adopted victims such as me
With dissapointed hopes & vexing pains
Crush me at once or set your prisoner free
—Where carless shores in view no succour lends
To sinking wrecks that on the oceans reels
While lingering waves their horrid fate suspends
Cant feel more horrors then my bosom feels
To sinking wrecks that on the oceans reels
While lingering waves their horrid fate suspends
Cant feel more horrors then my bosom feels
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I view the past O horrid scenes gone by
What hopes & fears have mingld & distrest
I look on whats to come—all hopes & sighs
& O I tremble when I hope the best
What hopes & fears have mingld & distrest
I look on whats to come—all hopes & sighs
& O I tremble when I hope the best
O Resolution whither art thou fled
Away ye cheating hope that linger near
When laid within the grave—my aching head
Shall find that peace it seeks but vainly here
Away ye cheating hope that linger near
When laid within the grave—my aching head
Shall find that peace it seeks but vainly here
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