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 rauk o' the hills & the mist o' the mountains] |
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[The rauk o' the hills & the mist o' the mountains]
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The rauk o' the hills & the mist o' the mountainsLike the reek o' a pot and the smoke o' a kill
Draws further off still while the round sun is counting
His pulses o' light i' the morning sae still
Saftly and chill comes the breeze o' the ocean
Saft fans the brackin alang the hill side
The vale o' green broom-twigs are a' easy motion
Like a green sea o' waters wi' waves rolling wide
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O maid o' the mountain here's scenes that would please yeWould ye climb but as high at the break o' the day
Walk wi' me o'er their taps love and make your life easy
And look o'er the ocean mist mealy and grey
Life and its cares will be under our feet love
Like a hawk that is cheated or a foe led astray
We can look on sweet nature in cold or in heat love
Unseen on the mountain tops a' the lang day
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There's the clumps o' rest harrow luv' purple and yellowThere's the bushes o' sweet-briar luscious and sweet
There's the swallow that twitters and fallows his fellow
Like birds o' the ither world under our feet
Come to the mountain tops soon after day break
Where toads canna' climb and birds seldom fly
There's a place i' the rock where a biggin we make
And true love will welcome thy presence with joy
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