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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 | The later poems of John Clare |  |
LINES ON ‘COWPER’
Cowper the Poet of the field
Who found the muse on common ground
The homesteads that each Cottage shields
He loved and made them Classic ground
Who found the muse on common ground
The homesteads that each Cottage shields
He loved and made them Classic ground
The lonely house the rural walk
He sang so musically true
E'en now they share the peoples talk
Who love the poet Cowper too
He sang so musically true
E'en now they share the peoples talk
Who love the poet Cowper too
Who has not read the ‘Winter storm’
And does not feel the fallen snow
And Woodmen keeping noses warm
With pipes where ever Forests grow
And does not feel the fallen snow
And Woodmen keeping noses warm
With pipes where ever Forests grow
In France in Germany and Spain
The same delightful pictures show
The Cowpers ‘Woodmens’ seen again
And Lurchers tracking thro the snow
The same delightful pictures show
The Cowpers ‘Woodmens’ seen again
And Lurchers tracking thro the snow
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The ‘Winters walk’ and ‘Summers Noon’
We meet together by the fire
And think the ‘walks’ are o'er too soon
When books are read and we retire
We meet together by the fire
And think the ‘walks’ are o'er too soon
When books are read and we retire
Who travels o'er those sweet fields now
And brings not Cowper to his mind
Birds sing his name on every bough
Nature repeats it in the wind
And brings not Cowper to his mind
Birds sing his name on every bough
Nature repeats it in the wind
And every place the Poet trod
And every place the Poet sung
Are like the holy land of God
In every Mouth on every tongue
And every place the Poet sung
Are like the holy land of God
In every Mouth on every tongue
| The later poems of John Clare | |