I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon — John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
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I wish I was what I have beenAnd what I was could beAs when I roved in shadows greenAnd loved my willow treeTo gaze upon the starry skyAnd higher fancies buildAnd make in solitary joyLoves temple in the field

— John Clare, The Later Poems, 1837-1864: Volumes I and II
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