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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& She Vowd She Woud Never Be Mine
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Sweet in the garden blooming where none presume compare
The lilys white is pure & the roseys red is gay
But when in nellys bosom love planteth it there
The liley it is sullied & the rosey fades away
The lilys white is pure & the roseys red is gay
But when in nellys bosom love planteth it there
The liley it is sullied & the rosey fades away
In form & shape an angel in beauty a queen
In robes of simplicity so pure
Thrice happy is the swain who her charms have never seen
His heart it is only secure
In robes of simplicity so pure
Thrice happy is the swain who her charms have never seen
His heart it is only secure
I wisht when I met her her heart was in my power
But I sighd as I thought ont agen
That it woud be a wonder so lovly a flower
Shoud never be noticd till then
But I sighd as I thought ont agen
That it woud be a wonder so lovly a flower
Shoud never be noticd till then
She smild on another on me she did frown
All hopes of the maid I resign
Her eye was on her lover on me it scowled down
& she vowd she woud never be mine
All hopes of the maid I resign
Her eye was on her lover on me it scowled down
& she vowd she woud never be mine
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