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 |  |
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MY EVERLASTING LOVE
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My love is like the GilliflowerI planted by mysell
My love is like a Willowflower
A blossom wi'out smell
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How sweet and very fair my loveLike diamonds are her eyes
Like dew drops sparkling from above
That on the white rose lies
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Her cheeks are like the Red rose treeHer bosom like the white
Her thoughts from Heaven surely be
To give to man delight
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Her voice is like the nightingaleHer bosom like the Dove
She shall be in this one tale
My Everlasting love—
| The later poems of John Clare | |