Nature

The Morning Wind

by John Clare 1793–1864

From The Rural Muse (1835)

Nature

There's more than music in this early wind,
Awaking like a bird refreshed from sleep;
And joy that Adam might in Eden find,
When he with angels did communion keep.
It breathes all balm and incense from the sky,
Blessing the husbandman with freshening powers;
Joy's manna from its wings doth fall and lie,
Harvests for early wakers with the flowers.
The very grass in Joy's devotion moves;
Cowslips, in adoration and delight,
This way and that bow to the breath they love
Of the young Winds, that with their dew-pearls play,
Till smoking chimneys sicken the young light,
And Feeling's fairy visions fade away.

MLA

Clare, John. “The Morning Wind.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/clare/370/.

Chicago

Clare, John. “The Morning Wind.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/clare/370/.

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