Fall

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Now the yollow zun, a-runnèn
  Daily round a smaller bow,
  Still wi' cloudless sky's a-zunnèn
  All the sheenèn land below.
  Vewer blossoms now do blow,
  But the fruit's a-showèn
  Reds an' blues, an' purple hues,
  By the leaves a-glowèn.

  Now the childern be a-pryèn
  Roun' the berried bremble-bow,
  Zome a-laughèn, woone a-cryèn
  Vor the slent her frock do show.
  Bwoys be out a-pullèn low
  Slooe-boughs, or a-runnèn
  Where, on zides of hazzle-wrides,
  Nuts do hang a-zunnèn.

  Where do reach roun' wheat-ricks yollow
  Oves o' thatch, in long-drawn ring,
  There, by stubbly hump an' hollow,
  Russet-dappled dogs do spring.
  Soon my apple-trees wull fling
  Bloomèn balls below em,
  That shall hide, on ev'ry zide
  Ground where we do drow em.

© William Barnes