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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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The Castle Ruins

...   My wife did watch my maid’s light springs,&emsp ...

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A Do’set Sale

... Not I.   Why _firs_ an' _furze_ do sound the seäme ...

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In The Stilness O’ The Night

...   Young naïghbours' housen down the pleäce, ...

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Ivy Hall

...   The darksome clouds mid fling their sleet ...

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The Two Churches

...   Vor sweet your swells o' vive clear bells ...

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The Echo

...   The vaïce mock'd mother's call, "Dear child" ...

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Rivers Don’t Gi’e Out

...   A maïd--as Jeäne wer--young an' feäir, ...

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Jessie Lee

...   Wi' wind, an' cloud, an' brook, vor rest, ...

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The Turn O’ The Days

...   There the stream did run on, in the sheäde o' the hill, ...

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Corn A-Turnen Yollow

...   The teäper woats do bend their heads, ...

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The Stage Coach

...   An' the wheels went swiftly round, Good so's ...

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Lydlinch Bells

...   Did smite their own vo'ks window-peänes, ...

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The Hwomestead A-Vell Into Hand

...   Ov eight good hwomes, where, I can mind ...

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Zitten Out The Wold Year

...   Ting, ting, ding, dong! Farewell, wold year! ...

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The Hollow Woak

...   Theäse year do show, wi' snow-white cloud, ...