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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‘BIRD O THE WILDERNESS’
Bird o' the wilderness
Does heavens winds chill thy breast
On the ground builds her nest
By the tuft hassock and wild thymy hill
Bird o' the desert place
‘Prized are thy featherd race
‘Heavens thy dwelling place
Minstrel of heaven and singing there still
Does heavens winds chill thy breast
On the ground builds her nest
By the tuft hassock and wild thymy hill
Bird o' the desert place
‘Prized are thy featherd race
‘Heavens thy dwelling place
Minstrel of heaven and singing there still
Bird o' the pathless heath
Where heaven sheds her breath
On furze and flowers beneath
And solitude talks to herself all the year
Bird of the desert place
Unused to any place
Save thy own speckled race
How lovely thy songs at this season appear
Where heaven sheds her breath
On furze and flowers beneath
And solitude talks to herself all the year
Bird of the desert place
Unused to any place
Save thy own speckled race
How lovely thy songs at this season appear
Here is thy home bird thou beautiful comer
A nest wi' brown eggs from the spring to the summer
The wild bee's thy neighbour a sun shiney hummer
A teazeing the Lambtoes around thy rude nest
Now the clouds part up far i' the blue
I can see thy wings winnow adieu bird adieu
Thy dwelling is heaven where none may pursue
And in heaven thy singing is blest—
A nest wi' brown eggs from the spring to the summer
The wild bee's thy neighbour a sun shiney hummer
A teazeing the Lambtoes around thy rude nest
Now the clouds part up far i' the blue
I can see thy wings winnow adieu bird adieu
Thy dwelling is heaven where none may pursue
And in heaven thy singing is blest—
| The later poems of John Clare | |