Come Back John Clare

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And all the time I type indoors I hear
the burring of the wings of birds so near;
and when through open door I come to sit
so many sparrows flutter off and flit.

These revenants prospered and multiplied;
they thought to set a vigil by my side,
to call me if a cat should enter where
my presence would dispense with Felix. There!

Sun has resumed her tyranny. Finned, lobing,
dissolving and innocuous clouds, robing
nothing, are cast clothes, strewn on a hot bed
where sun makes cruel play, assent unsaid;

yet, as the evening wears, her love grows mild;
and where she sets, blesses she's despoiled.

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Gong: I think I have the hang of this!
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