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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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Went Vrom Hwome

...   An' there the evenèn's low-shot light ...

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Bishop’s Caundle

...   O' knives an' pleätes, an' cups an' traÿs, ...

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Eclogue:--Father Come Hwome

...   An' then zome trees to shroud, an' wood to vell,-- ...

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Fatherhood

...   Vor their pillow, their pleäte, an' their cup ...

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Fall

...   Where do reach roun' wheat-ricks yollow ...

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Zellen Woone’s Honey To Buy Zome’hat Sweet

...   Then wi' they jaÿs a-vled an' zome goold in their stead, ...

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Happiness

...   'Tis true its veet mid tread the vloor, ...

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Bees A-Zwarmen

...   An' then at last where should they pitch, ...

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Fall Time

...   An' raïn-vill'd streams do brisker flow, ...

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The Music O’ The Dead

...   When creepèn years, wi' with'rèn blights, ...

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Woone Rule

...   But though his stream do teäke, at mill ...

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A Father Out, An’ Mother Hwome

...   Vor she wer bless'd wi' mwore than zwome-- ...

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Hay-Meaken. Nunchen Time

... A. There's poor wold Jeäne, wi' wrinkled skin, ...

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The Welshnut Tree

...   Where there's a dark cunnèn pleäce, do sarch it, ...

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My Fore-Elders

... That their live hands had ever hung ), --- ...