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William Barnes

22nd February 1801 - 7th October 1886

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Poem Title	First Lines	Period	# Lines	# Reads
Blackmwore Maidens	The primrwose in the shade do blow,			749
Easter Zunday	Last Easter Jim put on his blue			837
Evenen In The Village	Now the light o’ the west is a-turn’d to gloom,			707
Evening, And Maidens	Now the shiades o’ the elems da stratch muore an muore,			705
Hay-Carren	Tis merry ov a zummer's day,			735
Hay-Meaken. Nunchen Time	Back here, but now, the jobber John			738
In Praise Of Dorset	We Do’set, though we mid be hwomely,			693
Mater Dolorosa	I’d a dream to-night			722
My Orcha'd In Linden Lea	Ithin the woodlands, flow’ry gleaded,			691
The Blackbird	Ov all the birds upon the wing			741
The Broken Heart	News o' grief had overteaken			831
The Castle Ruins	A happy day at Whitsuntide,			738
The Child An' The Mowers	O aye! they had woone child bezide,			745
The Geate A-vallen To	In the zunsheen of our zummers			682
The Girt Woak Tree That's In The Dell	The girt woak tree that's in the dell!			721
The Love Child	Where the bridge out at Woodley did stride,			693
The Peasant's Return	And passing here through evening dew,			805
The Spring	When wintry weather's all a-done,			698
The Surprise	As there I left the road in May,			719
The Turnstile	Ah! sad wer we as we did peace			748
The Wife A-Lost	Since I noo mwore do zee your feäce,			682
The Year Clock	We zot bezide the leafy wall,			686
The Young That Died In Beauty	If souls should only sheen so bright			684
Tokens	Green mwold on zummer bars do show			674
Vields By Watervalls	When our downcast looks be smileless,			686
Vull A Man	No, I’m a man, I’m vull a man,			668
Woak Hill	When sycamore leaves wer a-spreaden			791
Woone Smile Mwore	O! MARY, when the zun went down,			655
Zummer An' Winter	When I led by zummer streams			739

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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