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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TWILIGHT
The setting sun withdraws her yellow lightA Gloomy staining shadows over all
While the brown beetle trumpeter of night
Proclaims his entrance with a droning call
How pleasent now where slanting hazels fall
Thick oer the woodland stile to muse & lean
To pluck a wood bine from the shade withall
& take short snatches oer the moistend scene
While deep & deeper shadows intervene
& leaving fancy moulding to her will
The cots & groves & trees so dimly seen
That seemly dies away more 'sernless still
Leaving a sutty curtain oer the sight
& calmness in the bosom still as night
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