Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENCLOSURE (2), by JOHN CLARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LORD, HEAR MY PRAYER; A PARAPHRASE OF THE 102ND PSALM by JOHN CLARE SCHOOLBOYS IN WINTER by JOHN CLARE |
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