<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419462" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Now Is Past</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">_Now_ is past--the happy _now_<br>When we together roved<br>Beneath the wildwood's oak-tree bough<br>And Nature said we loved.<br>Winter's blast<br>The _now_ since then has crept between,<br>And left us both apart.<br>Winters that withered all the green<br>Have froze the beating heart.<br>Now is past.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">_Now_ is past since last we met<br>Beneath the hazel bough;<br>Before the evening sun was set<br>Her shadow stretched below.<br>Autumn's blast<br>Has stained and blighted every bough;<br>Wild strawberries like her lips<br>Have left the mosses green below,<br>Her bloom's upon the hips.<br>Now is past.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">_Now_ is past, is changed agen,<br>The woods and fields are painted new.<br>Wild strawberries which both gathered then,<br>None know now where they grew.<br>The skys oercast.<br>Wood strawberries faded from wood sides,<br>Green leaves have all turned yellow;<br>No Adelaide walks the wood rides,<br>True love has no bed-fellow.<br>Now is past.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Clare">John Clare</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419462" data-title="Now Is Past de John Clare" data-description="_Now_ is past--the happy _now_ When we together roved Beneath the wildwood's oak-tree bough And Nature said we loved. Winter's blast The _now_ since then has crept between, And left us both apart. Winters that withered all the green Have froze the..."></div> </div> </div>

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