...the neighb'ring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whisp'ring lovers made ! How often have I bless'd the coming...survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, ' id sleights of art and feats of strength went round. And still, as each repeated pleasure tired,...

...with seats beneath the shade, For talking age, and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blessed the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed." Milton describes this tree as the favourite resort of shepherds : " Every shepherd tells...

...bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn...While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contended as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and...

...The decent church that topp'd the neighbouring hi11, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often...; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art andfeats of strength wentround; And still as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding...

...the ncighb'ring hill; The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whisp'ring lovers made ! How often have I bless'd the coming...; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art, and feats of strength went round ; And still, as each repeated pleasure tir'd, Succeeding...

...bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and weary pilgrims made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn...survey'd; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of ait and feats of strength went round. And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding...

...with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whisp'ring lovers made! How often have I bless 'd the coming day When toil remitting lent its turn to...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old survey 'd; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art, and feats of strength...

...strike, its palaces surprize') by evoking the genial egalitarian scenes an emparking landlord had erased And all the village train, from labour free. Led up...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old survey 'd;47 - are episodes in the poems John Clare wrote against Parliamentary enclosure : Thou art...

...bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made. How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And slights of art and feats of strength went...

...with seats beneath the shade, For talking age, and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn...survey'd; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And flights of an, and feats of strength went round. And still as each repeated pleasure tir'd, Succeeding...