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Born in February 22, 1801 / Died in October 7, 1886 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by William Barnes

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Children’s Children

...   So dumb's a cloud, in that bright pleäce: ...

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The Widow’s House

...   Oh! the moon, wi' his peäle lighted skies, ...

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Tweil

...   Vrom night-sleep's blackness, vull o' sprackness, ...

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Dock-Leaves

...   --(D'ye mind how woonce, you cou'den zit ...

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Fancy

...   Ov mè'th an' smiles, an' warmth an' light ...

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Sound O’ Water

...   The aïr that I've a-breath'd did sheäke ...

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Eclogue:--The ‘Lotments

...   A-recknèn rent, an' time, an' zeed to stock it, ...

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The Wife A-Lost

... I'll pray wi' woone sad vaïce vor greäce ...

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The Love Child

... "   An' "oh! ees," I meäde answer, an' show'd ...

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The Sky A-Clearen

...   The long-back'd weäles an' new-meäde pooks, ...

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Nanny Gill

...   An' guns did pwoint, an' swords did gleäre, ...

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Minden House

...   An' mildly twold his neäme and pleäce ...

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Wheat

...   Sprung sheäkèn drough the crumblèn mwold, ...

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Times O’ Year

...   Brighten'd streams, an' dried the dew, ...

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Woodley

...   The while the broad-leav'd clotes do zwim ...