First Love (John Clare poem)

First Love (John Clare poem) Glossary

ail

Trouble or afflict (someone) in mind or body.

appeal

To make a serious or urgent request

clay

In "First Love," used to refer to a type of soil

dwelling-place

The place where one lives

ecstasy

An emotional or religious frenzy or trance-like state, originally one involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence

ne'er

Another spelling of "never"

start

In "First Love," used in the sense of to leap, spring, or bound

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