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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 | The later poems of John Clare |  |
[She is a sweet and bonny thing]
She is a sweet and bonny thing
Not older than fifteen
Though old enough to wear a ring
But not the maidens gaudy thing
Could I but know the thoughts of her
In abscence all the day
As men tell money by the chink
I'd then know what to say
Not older than fifteen
Though old enough to wear a ring
But not the maidens gaudy thing
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In abscence all the day
As men tell money by the chink
I'd then know what to say
I love to see her gown of green
Her breast of fairest clay
Her thoughts are purity within
Like th'pink inside o' may
And frae the ancle to the shin
She's like a bunch o' flowers
Lovely without & fair within
Like summers choices hours
Her breast of fairest clay
Her thoughts are purity within
Like th'pink inside o' may
And frae the ancle to the shin
She's like a bunch o' flowers
Lovely without & fair within
Like summers choices hours
White as the white moss rose her skin
As dew drops bright her eye
She's like a lily cap within
And fair to every eye
Her ruby lips are bonny red
That never fade to pale
I think to day what love has said
To morrow may prevail
As dew drops bright her eye
She's like a lily cap within
And fair to every eye
Her ruby lips are bonny red
That never fade to pale
I think to day what love has said
To morrow may prevail
| The later poems of John Clare | |