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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 Shep’erd Bwoy

...   Where noo tree vor a sheäde but the thorn is a-vound, ...

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The Woddy Hollow

...   When whisslèn bwoys, an' rott'lèn ploughs ...

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True Love

...   Woone mwore's a-mark'd in God's good thought, ...

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Sleep Did Come Wi’ The Dew

...   Vrom mornèn drough the whole day's length, ...

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Oben Vields

...   An' leäve, at night, the vootless groves, ...

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Farmer’s Son

...   There's narn that's half so light o' heart, ...

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The Linden On The Lawn

...   The nightèngeäle's sh'ill zong, that broke ...

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John Bloom In Lon’on

... "   "Well," answer'd Bloom, "to meäke that square, ...

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Brookwell

...   An' mounds wi' mæsh, an' rocks wi' flow'rs, ...

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Thissledown

...   The plaïn ha' brightness wi' his strife, ...

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Woone Smile Mwore

...   Drough window-panes, that I could zee,—&emsp ...

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The Zummer Hedge

...   How cool's the sheäde, or warm's the lewth, ...

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The Turnstile

... his last white earms, an' they stood still ...

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Bad News

...   Though it brighten'd their tears as they vell, ...

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A Good Father

...   Still tread the road that he've a-trod, ...