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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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Hawthorn Down

...   I work'd in noontide's gleäre, ...

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The Geate A-Vallen To

... There’s moon-sheen now in nights o’ fall ...

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The Dree Woaks

...   An' vo'k do still call the wold house the dree woaks, ...

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Leeburn Mill

...   Where streams did sheäke the limber zedge, ...

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Harvest Hwome

...   The wold vo'k's health: an' beät the bwoard, ...

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A Witch

...   An' flapp'd their little wings an' drapp'd down dead ...

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Knowlwood

...   Vor birds do know their friends, an' build their nest, ...

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Jeane’s Wedden Day In Mornen

...   Sigh'd woonce, an' stump'd off wi' his stick, ...

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Milken Time

...   Did stan' an' flip the white-hoop'd païls ...

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The Wind at the Door

... “Sweet blossoms o’ the tree where I do murn,” ...

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Tokens

... An' where the house, bwoth wall an' vloor, ...

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Grammer’s Shoes

...   An' the clavy wi' boughs o' some bright green leaves, ...

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The Weepen Leady

...   That woonce liv'd there, an' lov'd too true, ...

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Riddles

...   A. There's _horn_ vor Goodman's eye-zight seäke ...

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Woak Wer Good Enough Woonce

...   When poor wold Gramfer Green wer young, ...