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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FOR MISS B---LL |
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FOR MISS B---LL
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Just like love is mans desireNow the thorn and then the briar
Wounds but never kills desire
Just like Love
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On he journey's ever onSorrow soon as past is gone
Kisses make the world his own
Such is love
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Just like love the wild hedge roseBlushing in the thorns it blows
Wounds its worshipers repose
The lot of love
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True love lies bleeding every hourStill 'tis heavens eternal flower
Blooming by the lovers bower
Eternal love
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Sun's may lower and storms may riseHeaven and earth may loose their skies
Yet naught shall dim in those bright eyes
That truely love
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Love blooms in brightest flowersLove spreads the greenest bowers
The heaven of lifes hours
Is one true love
| The later poems of John Clare | |