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 girl I love is flesh and blood]
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The girl I love is flesh and bloodWith face and form of fairest clay
Straight as the firdale in the wood
And lovely as a first spring day
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The girl I love's a lovely girlBonny and young in every feature
Richer than flowers and strings o' pearl
A handsome and delightful creature
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She's born to grace the realms aboveWhere we shall both be seen together
And sweet and fair the maid I love
As rose tree's are in summer weather
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O bonny straight and fair is sheI wish we both lived close together
Like as the acorns on the tree
Or foxglove bell in summer weather
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Come to me love and let us dwellWhere oak trees cluster all together
I'll gaze upon thy blossoms well
And love, yes love thee then forever
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Her face is like another's faceAs white another's skin may prove
But no one else could fill her place
If banished from the maid I love
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