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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WRITTEN IN AUTUMN
Checkt autumn doubly sweet is thy decliningTo meditate thee in this wilderd shade
To view the wood in its pied lustre shining
& catch each varied beauty as they fade
Where oer broad hazel leaves thy pencil mellows
Red as the glow that mornings opening warms
& as[h] & maple neath thy color yellows
As robd some sunbeam of its setting charms
O Id say much of what now meets my eye
But be[a]utys loose me in variety
O for the warmth of soul & witching measure
Of 'xpressive zemblance poesy which is thine
& genius eye to view this transient treasure
That autumn here might lastingly decline
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