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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLOCK-A-CLAY, by JOHN CLARE Poet's Biography
First Line: In the cowslip pips I lie / hidden from the buzzing fly
Last Line: Watching for the time of day.
Subject(s): Insects; Ladybirds; Poetry & Poets; Bugs; Ladybugs
First Line: In the cowslip pips I lie / hidden from the buzzing fly
Last Line: Watching for the time of day.
Subject(s): Insects; Ladybirds; Poetry & Poets; Bugs; Ladybugs
In the cowslip pips I lie
Hidden from the buzzing fly,
While green grass beneath me lies
Pearled wi' dew like fishes' eyes.
Here I lie, a clock-a-clay,
Waiting for the time of day.
While grassy forests quake surprise,
And the wild wind sobs and sighs,
My gold home rocks as like to fall
On its pillar green and tall;
When the pattering rain drives by
Clock-a-clay keeps warm and dry.
Day by day and night by night
All the week I hide from sight.
In the cowslips pips I lie,
In rain and dew still warm and dry.
Day and night, and nigh and day,
Red, black-spotted clock-a-clay.
My home it shakes in wind and showers,
Pale green pillar topped wi' flowers,
Bending at the wild wind's breath
Till I touch the grass beneath.
Here I live, lone clock-a-clay,
Watching for the time of day.
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