Selected Poems of John Clare
Volume 1
Volume 1
The Setting Sun
This scene how beautious to the musing mind
That now swift slides from my enchanting view
The Sun sweet setting yon far hills behind
In other worlds his Visits to renew
What spangling glories all around him shine
What nameless colours cloudless and serene
(A heavnly prospect brightest in decline)
Attend his exit from this lovely scene -
- So sets the christians sun in glories clear
So shines his soul at his departure here
No clouding doubts nor misty fears arise
To dim hopes golden rays of being forgiven
His sun sweet setting in the clearest skyes
In safe assurance wings the soul to heaven --
This scene how beautious to the musing mind
That now swift slides from my enchanting view
The Sun sweet setting yon far hills behind
In other worlds his Visits to renew
What spangling glories all around him shine
What nameless colours cloudless and serene
(A heavnly prospect brightest in decline)
Attend his exit from this lovely scene -
- So sets the christians sun in glories clear
So shines his soul at his departure here
No clouding doubts nor misty fears arise
To dim hopes golden rays of being forgiven
His sun sweet setting in the clearest skyes
In safe assurance wings the soul to heaven --
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A Scene
Poems
chosen by David Barnes from
Oxford World Classics: John Clare Major Works, and recorded for LibriVox.org
Oxford World Classics: John Clare Major Works, and recorded for LibriVox.org