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John Clare - Evening

'Tis evening; the black snail has got on his track,
And gone to its nest is the wren,
And the packman snail, too, with his home on his back,
Clings to the bowed bents like a wen.

The shepherd has made a rude mark with his foot
Where his shadow reached when he first came,
And it just touched the tree where his secret love cut
Two letters that stand for love's name.

The evening comes in with the wishes of love,
And the shepherd he looks on the flowers,
And thinks who would praise the soft song of the dove,
And meet joy in these dew-falling hours.

For Nature is love, and finds haunts for true love,
Where nothing can hear or intrude;
It hides from the eagle and joins with the dove,
In beautiful green solitude.

Added: on May 23rd, 2009 at 5:52 AM | Viewed: 1206 times | Comments (1)


Evening - Comments and Information

Poet: John Clare
Poem: Evening

Poem of the Day on:
May 22 2009

Comment 1 of 1, added on May 23rd, 2009 at 5:52 AM.

This poem is dark like my personality . I read this poem in my vampire clothes last night and it made me cut myself t'ill i finally felt the pain .

Robert Andrews from Canada

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