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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ENSLAVED IN BONDS
—ACROSTIC
Enslaved in bonds I write my dear to theeAnd hope erewhile thy husband love to be
Love is not made in any shades of wrong
Eventful heaven has wrote thy bridal song
Nor can aught earthly cheat thee from my view
Oh love remember what love says is true
Remember love comes first in pictures new
Paints stronger pictures as they older grew
Remember love our meeting from the first
Enjoined to love as cannot the accurst
Sunshines has got its shadows but our life shall be
True as Hopes anchor fix'd eternally
When first I kiss'd thy cheek of rosy hue
I felt a feeling nothing can subdue
Endurable as nature no decay
Heaven be thy love—is all that I can say
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