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William Barnes
22nd February 1801 - 7th October 1886
Poetry Listing
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| Poem Title | First Lines | Period | # Lines | # Reads | | Blackmwore Maidens | The primrwose in the shade do blow, | | | 750 | | Easter Zunday | Last Easter Jim put on his blue | | | 838 | | Evenen In The Village | Now the light o’ the west is a-turn’d to gloom, | | | 707 | | Evening, And Maidens | Now the shiades o’ the elems da stratch muore an muore, | | | 706 | | Hay-Carren | Tis merry ov a zummer's day, | | | 736 | | Hay-Meaken. Nunchen Time | Back here, but now, the jobber John | | | 738 | | In Praise Of Dorset | We Do’set, though we mid be hwomely, | | | 694 | | Mater Dolorosa | I’d a dream to-night | | | 722 | | My Orcha'd In Linden Lea | Ithin the woodlands, flow’ry gleaded, | | | 693 | | The Blackbird | Ov all the birds upon the wing | | | 741 | | The Broken Heart | News o' grief had overteaken | | | 832 | | The Castle Ruins | A happy day at Whitsuntide, | | | 739 | | The Child An' The Mowers | O aye! they had woone child bezide, | | | 748 | | The Geate A-vallen To | In the zunsheen of our zummers | | | 683 | | The Girt Woak Tree That's In The Dell | The girt woak tree that's in the dell! | | | 722 | | The Love Child | Where the bridge out at Woodley did stride, | | | 694 | | The Peasant's Return | And passing here through evening dew, | | | 805 | | The Spring | When wintry weather's all a-done, | | | 699 | | The Surprise | As there I left the road in May, | | | 720 | | The Turnstile | Ah! sad wer we as we did peace | | | 750 | | The Wife A-Lost | Since I noo mwore do zee your feäce, | | | 683 | | The Year Clock | We zot bezide the leafy wall, | | | 687 | | The Young That Died In Beauty | If souls should only sheen so bright | | | 685 | | Tokens | Green mwold on zummer bars do show | | | 675 | | Vields By Watervalls | When our downcast looks be smileless, | | | 687 | | Vull A Man | No, I’m a man, I’m vull a man, | | | 669 | | Woak Hill | When sycamore leaves wer a-spreaden | | | 793 | | Woone Smile Mwore | O! MARY, when the zun went down, | | | 656 | | Zummer An' Winter | When I led by zummer streams | | | 739 |
About:
William Barnes (22nd February 1801 - 7th October 1886) was an English writer, poet, minister, and philologist.
He wrote over 800 poems, some in Dorset dialect and much other work including a comprehensive English grammar quoting from more than 70 different languages.
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