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The later poems of John Clare

1837-1864 ... General editor Eric Robinson: Edited by Eric Robinson and David Powell: Associate editor Margaret Grainger
Clare, John (1793-1864)

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Volume I
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Poems written at High Beach, Epping, 1837–1841, and at Northborough, 1841
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Poems written in Northampton Asylum, 1842–1864
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Volume II

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MY EVERLASTING LOVE

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My love is like the Gilliflower
I planted by mysell
My love is like a Willowflower
A blossom wi'out smell

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How sweet and very fair my love
Like diamonds are her eyes
Like dew drops sparkling from above
That on the white rose lies

3

Her cheeks are like the Red rose tree
Her bosom like the white
Her thoughts from Heaven surely be
To give to man delight

4

Her voice is like the nightingale
Her bosom like the Dove
She shall be in this one tale
My Everlasting love—
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