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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[Theres some with a bottle will rub off the thorn]
Theres some with a bottle will rub off the thorn
That grows on the thistle of life
While some wi the comfort of fortun is born
To brush thro its bustle & strife
& some there is living thats nothing to sweeten
The bother & tro[u]ble his wandering is meeting
Save love gentle love that all stations is greeting
The peasant as sweet as a crown
That grows on the thistle of life
While some wi the comfort of fortun is born
To brush thro its bustle & strife
& some there is living thats nothing to sweeten
The bother & tro[u]ble his wandering is meeting
Save love gentle love that all stations is greeting
The peasant as sweet as a crown
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& sweet is the bottle lifes troubles to cherish
& check the sour thistles he's sow'd
& sweet riches comforts a sunbeam to nourish
That serves to illumine the road
But sweeter to me is fond loves gentle greeting
& sweetest of comforts lifes troubles to sweeten
I prove it at even when mary Im meeting
I' the groves at the back of the town
& check the sour thistles he's sow'd
& sweet riches comforts a sunbeam to nourish
That serves to illumine the road
But sweeter to me is fond loves gentle greeting
& sweetest of comforts lifes troubles to sweeten
I prove it at even when mary Im meeting
I' the groves at the back of the town
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