The later poems of John Clare 1837-1864 ... General editor Eric Robinson: Edited by Eric Robinson and David Powell: Associate editor Margaret Grainger |
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‘I LOVE THE FLOWERS O SPRING’
The Pilewort and the daisy's I love to see them come
In sunshine and green place[s] Where Children play at home
Round cow sheds i' the homesteads Beneath the Orchard trees
The double grow on some beds The wild upon the leas
In sunshine and green place[s] Where Children play at home
Round cow sheds i' the homesteads Beneath the Orchard trees
The double grow on some beds The wild upon the leas
They plant the double daisies The single set themselves
I home close pilewort blazes Among the Cocks and hens
And I'll gang out wi' Bessey To the bottom o' the lane
Where the water rins sae glassy And the frogs come out again
I home close pilewort blazes Among the Cocks and hens
And I'll gang out wi' Bessey To the bottom o' the lane
Where the water rins sae glassy And the frogs come out again
I love the flowers o' spring days Those little bits o' bloom
For they to Children bring plays And happy thoughts to come
Go Bessey seek thy bonnet And wanner out wi me
The sun looks warm upon it Our happy Meadow Lea
For they to Children bring plays And happy thoughts to come
Go Bessey seek thy bonnet And wanner out wi me
The sun looks warm upon it Our happy Meadow Lea
| The later poems of John Clare | |