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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DRESS DOES NOT MAKE THE MAN
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My love is like the white thorn treeWhen its leaves are blown away
His cheeks are red as haw berry
His dress is never gay
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My love is like the Bramble bushesWhose leaves lie on the ground
While hes sitting on the rushes
His looks have power to wound
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His dress—that does not make the manIn one dress all the year
Wi coarse smock frock as brown as tan
He does at Church appear
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I knew him when a Shepherd boyHis dress was hodden grey
But his plump cheeks of health and joy
Stole all my heart away—
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