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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THE INVITATION
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The morning tide is sweet and fairThe birds chirp loud in white thorn bushes
Sweet maiden let us take the air
Where runlets dribble through the rushes
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I'll gaze upon thy happy faceThy comely shape thy eye shall charm
As in the early spring we trace
The healthy breath of field and farm
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There is music without ere a birdThere is bloom without ere a flower
For eolean winds we oft' have heard
And the grass blooms fresher every hour
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The very rushes seem as flowersThat nod above the marshy grass
Through which the winds in summer hours
Whistle and winnow as they pass
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The lark may leave the new ploughed landAnd settle in another place
Yet poets see and understand
Sweet music in its russet face
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And if we earnest look we seeThe daisey bud in April hours
And all the buds in spring agree
That hopes are sweeter far than flowers
The later poems of John Clare | ||