Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Ballad Comments

Rating: 2.7

A faithless shepherd courted me,
He stole away my liberty.
When my poor heart was strange to men,
He came and smiled and stole it then.
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John Clare
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lara 06 April 2022

prove doesnt rhyme with love.... bad poem. do i pronounce prov lov or prove loov?

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??i don''t know ?? 17 May 2018

this is ok but for me is not help ful

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John Clare 06 April 2022

rude

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sofie 26 November 2017

why does it not show the whole poem

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Mark Otieno 21 August 2017

A lesson to be learnt from each stanza nice one

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Ratnakar Mandlik 11 May 2017

A beautifully conceived profound and thought provoking write. Thanks for sharing it here.

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Kuda Bondamakara 11 May 2017

after tasting of your innocence, they disappear and leave you to nurse your wounds.

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Joshua Adeyemi 11 May 2017

After the long and weary journey of life, the taste of adolescent did on our lips drive.

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A song of lament and despair. I wish, I wish, but all in vain, I wish I was a maid again. A maid again I cannot be, O when will green grass cover me?

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Bernard F. Asuncion 11 May 2017

Frost and snow..... thanks for posting.....

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Tom Allport 11 May 2017

a wonderful poem of loves shame with a disloyal shepherd to blame? .............superbly written

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Edward Kofi Louis 11 May 2017

'O when will green grass cover me? ' Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Rajnish Manga 11 May 2017

A ballad with an emotional narrative tracing a divine affair. Loved reading it. Thanks.

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John Clare

John Clare

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