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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[England with pride I name thee—& with pride]
England with pride I name thee—& with prideI boast thee as my birth place—where is one
That thou hast given life to breathes beside
Nor feels the honour to be calld thy son—
Who reads the pages of thy glorys won
Victorious stripling on this jiant earth
Who keeps in memory what thy valours done
Nor feels the value of such noble birth—
Hast thou one heart that dwells amidst thy fame
Thy heroes living & thy heroes gone
That from thy soil a brothers right can claim
Nor warms in triumph to be counted one—
If such there is tho nourishd with the free
Tis bastard breed—& not a stain to thee
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