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William Barnes
22nd February 1801 - 7th October 1886
Poetry Listing
Please Note: This list is not comprehensive, but is an ongoing work of the love of poetry.
Within this area you will be able to read, and give your thoughts on the poetry listed.
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| | Poem Title | First Lines | Period | # Lines | # Reads | | 1: | Blackmwore Maidens | The primrwose in the shade do blow, | | | 1076 | | 2: | Easter Zunday | Last Easter Jim put on his blue | | | 1097 | | 3: | Evenen In The Village | Now the light o’ the west is a-turn’d to gloom, | | | 1011 | | 4: | Evening, And Maidens | Now the shiades o’ the elems da stratch muore an muore, | | | 979 | | 5: | Hay-Carren | Tis merry ov a zummer's day, | | | 988 | | 6: | Hay-Meaken. Nunchen Time | Back here, but now, the jobber John | | | 1016 | | 7: | In Praise Of Dorset | We Do’set, though we mid be hwomely, | | | 945 | | 8: | Mater Dolorosa | I’d a dream to-night | | | 975 | | 9: | My Orcha'd In Linden Lea | Ithin the woodlands, flow’ry gleaded, | | | 933 | | 10: | The Blackbird | Ov all the birds upon the wing | | | 1033 | | 11: | The Broken Heart | News o' grief had overteaken | | | 1138 | | 12: | The Castle Ruins | A happy day at Whitsuntide, | | | 980 | | 13: | The Child An' The Mowers | O aye! they had woone child bezide, | | | 1082 | | 14: | The Geate A-vallen To | In the zunsheen of our zummers | | | 948 | | 15: | The Girt Woak Tree That's In The Dell | The girt woak tree that's in the dell! | | | 1076 | | 16: | The Love Child | Where the bridge out at Woodley did stride, | | | 993 | | 17: | The Peasant's Return | And passing here through evening dew, | | | 1082 | | 18: | The Spring | When wintry weather's all a-done, | | | 1013 | | 19: | The Surprise | As there I left the road in May, | | | 975 | | 20: | The Turnstile | Ah! sad wer we as we did peace | | | 1069 | | 21: | The Wife A-Lost | Since I noo mwore do zee your feäce, | | | 1050 | | 22: | The Year Clock | We zot bezide the leafy wall, | | | 965 | | 23: | The Young That Died In Beauty | If souls should only sheen so bright | | | 986 | | 24: | Tokens | Green mwold on zummer bars do show | | | 965 | | 25: | Vields By Watervalls | When our downcast looks be smileless, | | | 954 | | 26: | Vull A Man | No, I’m a man, I’m vull a man, | | | 918 | | 27: | Woak Hill | When sycamore leaves wer a-spreaden | | | 1058 | | 28: | Woone Smile Mwore | O! MARY, when the zun went down, | | | 998 | | 29: | Zummer An' Winter | When I led by zummer streams | | | 1020 |
About:
William Barnes (22nd February 1801 - 7th October 1886) was an English writer, poet, minister, and philologist.
He wrote over 800 poems, some in Dorset dialect and much other work including a comprehensive English grammar quoting from more than 70 different languages.
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