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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[Scenes of sweet feelings ye trees & ye bushes]
Scenes of sweet feelings ye trees & ye bushes
Thou far banishd green where my childhood was spent
When memory views ye in raptures warm gushes
She wishes again for that peace & content
Thou far banishd green where my childhood was spent
When memory views ye in raptures warm gushes
She wishes again for that peace & content
She points with her finger this spot & that noting
Where sung the wild thrush in the grey willow row
& lambs in the spring round the mole hills were sporting
& sweet mong the rushbeds were daiseys did blow
Where sung the wild thrush in the grey willow row
& lambs in the spring round the mole hills were sporting
& sweet mong the rushbeds were daiseys did blow
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Ah me while I wander past joys thus a counting
& markt out the spots where I dropt on the hill
A counting the bubles that boild from the fountain
While my heart in its pleasures was peacful & still
& markt out the spots where I dropt on the hill
A counting the bubles that boild from the fountain
While my heart in its pleasures was peacful & still
Alas to contrast it—but vainly repeated
The pains of things present with things as they where
But the grass that crowns spots where in joy youth was seated
My feelings oft worship their blades with a tear
The pains of things present with things as they where
But the grass that crowns spots where in joy youth was seated
My feelings oft worship their blades with a tear
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