Poems Chiefly from Manuscript by John Clare
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So tauntingly aspires;
For my love was a gay knight's heir, And my father was a squire's. And I will sell my park and hall; And if ye wed again Ye shall not wed for titles twice That made ye once so vain. So if ye will wed, wed for love, As I was fain to do; Ye've gave to me a broken heart, And I'll give nought to you. Your pride has wronged your own heart's blood; For she was mine by grace, And now my lady love is gone None else shall take her place. I'll sell my park and sell my hall And sink my titles too. Your pride's done wrong enough as now To leave it more to do. She owneth none that owned them all And would have graced them well; None else shall take the right she missed Nor in my bosom dwell.-- And then he took and burnt his will Before his mother's face, And tore his patents all in two, While tears fell down apace-- |
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