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#JohnClare watching the swallows.

I love to drop in summer on the grass
& with unwearied eye mark pleasing things
To see the gadding swallow gaily pass
Crumping the quiet lake with dipping wings
& list the restless cuckoo while it sings
In distant trees—& nigh hand in the wood
That skirts its shadow oer my mossy seat
I love that pleasant russling noise to meet

Image: #CarryAkroyd

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#JohnClare and the crow. Painting by my friend #CarryAkroyd

In blackening droves the rook & crow
Flap the cold air with heavy wings
To seek what home will not bestow
As soon as morn the summons brings
Full many a weary mile they flye
To try what stranger fields will spare
Till eve returns her freezing sky
Then wearied to their homes repair