Clock o' clay [poem by John Clare set to music]

Clock-o’-clay (John Clare)
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In the cowslip pips I lie,
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Hidden from the buzzing fly,
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While green grass beneath me lies,
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Pearled with dew like fishes' eyes,
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Here I lie, a clock-o'-clay,
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Waiting for the time o' day.
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While the forest quakes surprise,
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And the wild wind sobs and sighs,
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My home rocks as like to fall,
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On its pillar green and tall;
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When the pattering rain drives by
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Clock-o'-clay keeps warm and dry.
Day by day and night by night,
All the week I hide from sight;
In the cowslip pips I lie,
In the rain still warm and dry;
Day and night and night and day,
Red, black-spotted clock-o'-clay.
My home shakes in wind and showers,
Pale green pillar topped with flowers,
Bending at the wild wind's breath,
Till I touch the grass beneath;
Here I live, lone clock-o'-clay,
Watching for the time of day.
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