The early poems of John Clare 1804-1822: General editor Eric Robinson: Edited by Eric Robinson and David Powell: Associate editor Margaret Grainger |
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A SEAT AT NOON
Cool in the brook did stand the plashing cows
In depths & shallows that did softly creep
Sweet oer the water swung the maple boughs
That scarcly gave the sunbeams leave to peep
In depths & shallows that did softly creep
Sweet oer the water swung the maple boughs
That scarcly gave the sunbeams leave to peep
Upon a mol hill of wild creeping thyme
That found for rest a comfortable seat
While at my back the meadow sweet did climb
I sat me down to rest ones aching feet
That found for rest a comfortable seat
While at my back the meadow sweet did climb
I sat me down to rest ones aching feet
Full in my view an old stone brig appeard
Green Ivy twining round its arches gay
Upon its top wood Rails had long been reard
& moss triumphant crowning its decay
Green Ivy twining round its arches gay
Upon its top wood Rails had long been reard
& moss triumphant crowning its decay
How sweet the scene appeard the glaring sun
That on the warming water brightly shone
As throw the Ivied bending arch they run
Reflecting[s] twiterd on each smooth old stone
That on the warming water brightly shone
As throw the Ivied bending arch they run
Reflecting[s] twiterd on each smooth old stone
I love to stand upon an old archd brig
The sculpterd stone or glassy wave to view
Where willow grains & stones both small & big
Makes waves to mutter as they eddies thro
The sculpterd stone or glassy wave to view
Where willow grains & stones both small & big
Makes waves to mutter as they eddies thro
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