Poems by William Barnes
Beauty Undecked
... An' thorns be bright when quiv'rèn studs ...
Leady-Day, An Ridden House
... Bwoth when he's beäre, or when the pleätes ...
The Rwose That Deckd Her Breast
... Where stocks did grow, a-staïned wi' red, ...
Zunday
... Wi' neämes that tongues noo mwore do sound, ...
Readen Ov A Head-Stwone
... " Though she've a-lost, I thought, so much, ...
The Mead A-Mowd
... Drough groun's wi' red thissle-heads a-blowèn, ...
Pentridge By The River
... But still the neäme do bide the seäme-- ...
The Guide Post
... An' there, wi' woone white eärm he show'd, ...
Eclogue:--John An' Thomas
... Aye, aye, that's true, but still your strip ...
Eclogue:--Two Farms In Woone
... They got machines to drashy wi', plague teäke em! ...
Riden Hwome At Night
... An' brooks that gleam'd below the light, ...
Vellen O The Tree
... Where the haÿ-meäkers put all their picks an' their reäkes, ...
Fifehead
... All brought us gwäin so vur's the stream ...
The Water Crowvoot
... An' there, at hand, the thin-heäir'd cows, ...
Good Night
... Still wer the shop that the smith meäde ring, ...