 | John Clare: The Midsummer Cushion |  |
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[Tho winter comes dreary]
Tho winter comes dreary
In frost & in snow
A sun shall come cheery
& bid them all go
The spring it shall greet with
Its songs & its showers
The summer shall meet with
Its dancing & flowers
In frost & in snow
A sun shall come cheery
& bid them all go
The spring it shall greet with
Its songs & its showers
The summer shall meet with
Its dancing & flowers
But alas for the lover
Thats loved not again
No art can discover
A cure for the pain
Full dark is the token
Of pleasures adieu
The heart that is broken
No hopes can renew
Thats loved not again
No art can discover
A cure for the pain
Full dark is the token
Of pleasures adieu
The heart that is broken
No hopes can renew
The star falls in darkness
To be no more seen
& leaves a blank markless
Where splendour hath been
On the shore speedy dying
Noughts seen of the wave
So the heart for love dying
Sinks into the grave
To be no more seen
& leaves a blank markless
Where splendour hath been
On the shore speedy dying
Noughts seen of the wave
So the heart for love dying
Sinks into the grave
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