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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SPRING HAUNTS
I love to roam in spring by hedgerow sidesThose old enclosures mossd with many years
That wind by brooks & grassy close divides
Were shelterd primrose earliest appears
To mark the thorn unfold its crimpld green
& ash trees swell their yet black buttond buds
& I love paths that wind thro tangling woods
Were bark ribd maples hazels all are seen
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& were the ivy peers its blooms between
& round the oak its light-veind foliage weaves
There I woud be as there I oft have been
To mark the things springs visits first employs
& breathe the raptures of her earliest joys
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