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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ADDRESS TO TIME
In fancys eye what an extended spanTime, hoary herrald has been stretchd by thee
Vain to concieve were thy dark burst began
Thou birthless endless vast stupendity
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A circled travel of Eternity
Vain all consceptions of weak minded man
Thee to unravel from thy mystery
Still but a moment of thy mighty plan
Seems yet unwound from what thou art to see
Consuming tyrant of all mortal kind
& what thou art & what thou art to be
Is known to none but that immortal mind
Who reigns alone superior to thee
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