Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ENCLOSURE (2), by JOHN CLARE



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First Line: By langley bush I roam, but the bush hath left its hill
Last Line: It runs a naked stream, cold and chill.


By Langley Bush I roam, but the bush hath left its hill,
On Cowper Green I stray, 'tis a desert strange and chill,
And the spreading Lea Close Oak, ere decay had penned its will,
To the axe of the spoiler and self-interest fell a prey,
And Crossberry Way and old Round Oak's narrow lane
With its hollow trees like pulpits I shall never see again,
Enclosure like a Buonaparte let not a thing remain,
It levelled every bush and tree and levelled every hill
And hung the moles for traitors - though the brook is running still
It runs a naked stream, cold and chill.




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