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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AUTUMN SHOWERS
The roads are thronged with mire from hasty showers& every hollow hath its plashy lake
Were school boys dabble in their leisure hours
Their boats to swim or water mills to make
With wild disorderd clouds the wilder skyes
Are covered were the brewing blacking storm
Is hourly rising while the shepherd boy
Leaps oer the mole hill tops to keep him warm
& slou[c]hes his rusty hat & belts his coat
To face the expected tempest ere he flies
To his sedge covered hut not far remote
Or the known shelter of some hollow trees
Were the lone Owlet startled from its dreams
Flops oer his head in terrifying screams
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