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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[Come darling summer wi thy many charms]
Come darling summer wi thy many charmsThy shade of ripe broad leaves so long deserted
Two rapturd loves thats many a day been parted
Cant feel more happy in each others arms
Then I at meeting thee—as open hearted
As is the singing bird who chaunts thy praise
I mingle wi the breeze & stretch me down
Neath the broad oaken branches tingd wi brown
& on the charms that deck thy bosom gaze
The wood bine flowers wi many a twine & twine
That up the hazels topmost branches strays
How sweetly wild—& roseys in decline
Hing waining loath to leave the charms thats thine
Which I shoud love to witness many days
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