Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect

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Author

Barnes, William, 1801-1886

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Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Lesley Halamek and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

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English

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PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Dorset (England) -- Poetry

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eBook-No.

21785

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21785

Release Date

June 9, 2007

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.POEMS OF RURAL LIFE
2. 2.IN THE DORSET DIALECT. — BY
3. 3.WILLIAM BARNES. — LONDON: — KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & Co., LTD. — 1903 — TO THE READER.
4. 4.CONTENTS. — FIRST COLLECTION. — SPRING. — SUMMER. — FALL. — WINTER. — SUNDRY PIECES. — SECOND COLLECTION. — THIRD COLLECTION. — INDEX. — POEMS OF RURAL LIFE.
5. 5.FIRST COLLECTION. — SPRING. — THE SPRING. — THE WOODLANDS. — LEADY-DAY, AN' RIDDEN HOUSE. — EASTER ZUNDAY. — EASTER MONDAY. — DOCK-LEAVES. — THE BLACKBIRD. — WOODCOM' FEAST. — THE MILK-MAID O' THE FARM. — THE GIRT WOAK TREE THAT'S IN THE DELL. — VELLEN O' THE TREE. — BRINGEN WOONE GWAÏN * O' ZUNDAYS. — EVENÈN TWILIGHT. — EVENÈN IN THE VILLAGE. — MAY. — BOB THE FIDDLER. — HOPE IN SPRING — THE WHITE ROAD UP ATHIRT THE HILL. — THE WOODY HOLLOW. — JENNY'S RIBBONS.
6. 6.Eclogue. — THE 'LOTMENTS. — John and Richard.
7. 7.Eclogue. — A BIT O' SLY COORTEN. — John and Fanny. — SUMMER. — EVENÈN, AN' MAIDENS OUT AT DOOR. — THE SHEPHERD O' THE FARM. — VIELDS IN THE LIGHT. — WHITSUNTIDE AN' CLUB WALKEN. — WOODLEY. — THE BROOK THAT RAN BY GRAMFER'S. — SLEEP DID COME WI' THE DEW. — SWEET MUSIC IN THE WIND. — UNCLE AN' AUNT. — HAVEN WOONES FORTUNE A-TWOLD. — JEANE'S WEDDEN DAY IN MORNEN. — RIVERS DON'T GI'E OUT. — MEAKEN UP A MIFF. — HAY-MEAKEN. — HAY-CARREN.
8. 8.Eclogue. — THE BEST MAN IN THE VIELD. — Sam and Bob. — WHERE WE DID KEEP OUR FLAGON. — WEEK'S END IN ZUMMER, IN THE WOLD VO'K'S TIME. — THE MEAD A-MOW'D. — THE SKY A-CLEAREN. — THE EVENÈN STAR O' ZUMMER. — THE CLOTE. — (Water-lily.) — I GOT TWO VIELDS. — POLLY BE-EN UPZIDES WI' TOM. — BE'MI'STER. — THATCHEN O' THE RICK. — BEES A-ZWARMEN. — READEN OV A HEAD-STWONE. — ZUMMER EVENÈN DANCE.
9. 9.Eclogue. — THE VEAIRIES. — Simon an' Samel. — FALL. — CORN A-TURNEN YOLLOW — A-HAULEN O' THE CORN. — HARVEST HWOME. — The vu'st peärt. The Supper. — HARVEST HWOME. — Second Peärt. What they did after Supper. — A ZONG OV HARVEST HWOME. — POLL'S JACK-DAW. — THE IVY. — THE WELSHNUT TREE. — JENNY OUT VROM HWOME. — GRENLEY WATER. — THE VEAIRY VEET THAT I DO MEET. — MORNÈN. — OUT A-NUTTÈN. — TEAKEN IN APPLES. — MEAPLE LEAVES BE YOLLOW. — NIGHT A-ZETTEN IN. — THE WEATHER-BEATEN TREE. — SHRODON FEÄIR. — The vu'st Peärt. — SHRODON FEÄR. — The rest o't. — MARTIN'S TIDE. — GUY FAUX'S NIGHT.
10. 10.Eclogue. — THE COMMON A-TOOK IN. — Thomas an' John.
11. 11.Eclogue. — TWO FARMS IN WOONE. — Robert an' Thomas. — WINTER. — THE VROST. — A BIT O' FUN. — FANNYS BE'TH-DAY. — WHAT DICK AN' I DID. — GRAMMER'S SHOES. — ZUNSHEEN IN THE WINTER. — THE WEEPEN LEADY. — THE HAPPY DAYS WHEN I WER YOUNG. — IN THE STILLNESS O' THE NIGHT. — THE SETTLE AN' THE GIRT WOOD VIRE. — THE CARTER. — CHRIS'MAS INVITATION. — KEEPEN UP O' CHRIS'MAS. — ZITTEN OUT THE WOLD YEAR. — WOAK WER GOOD ENOUGH WOONCE. — LULLABY. — MEARY-ANN'S CHILD.
12. 12.Eclogue. — FATHER COME HWOME. — John, Wife, an' Child.
13. 13.Eclogue. — A GHOST. — Jem an' Dick. — SUNDRY PIECES. — A ZONG. — THE MAID VOR MY BRIDE. — THE HWOMESTEAD. — THE FARMER'S WOLDEST DĀ'TER. — UNCLE OUT O' DEBT AN' OUT O' DANGER. — THE CHURCH AN' HAPPY ZUNDAY. — THE WOLD WAGGON. — THE DRÈVEN O' THE COMMON. * — THE COMMON A-TOOK IN. — A WOLD FRIEND. — THE RWOSE THAT DECK'D HER BREAST. — NANNY'S COW. — THE SHEP'ERD BWOY. — HOPE A-LEFT BEHIND. — A GOOD FATHER. — THE BEAM IN GRENLEY CHURCH. — THE VAÏCES THAT BE GONE. — POLL. — LOOKS A-KNOW'D AVORE. — THE MUSIC O' THE DEAD. — THE PLEÄCE A TEÄLE'S A-TWOLD O'. — AUNT'S TANTRUMS. — THE STWONÈN PWORCH. — FARMER'S SONS. — JEÄNE. — THE DREE WOAKS. — THE HWOMESTEAD A-VELL INTO HAND. — THE GUIDE POST. — GWAIN TO FEÄIR. — JEÄNE O' GRENLEY MILL. — THE BELLS OV ALDERBURNHAM. — THE GIRT WOLD HOUSE O' MOSSY STWONE. — A WITCH.
14. 14.Eclogue. — THE TIMES. — John an' Tom . — POEMS OF RURAL LIFE.
15. 15.SECOND COLLECTION. — BLACKMWORE MAIDENS. — MY ORCHA'D IN LINDEN LEA. — BISHOP'S CAUNDLE. — HAY MEAKEN—NUNCHEN TIME. — Anne an' John a-ta'kèn o't. — A FATHER OUT, AN' MOTHER HWOME. — RIDDLES. — Anne an' Joey a-ta'ken. — DAY'S WORK A-DONE. — LIGHT OR SHEÄDE. — THE WAGGON A-STOODED. — Dree o'm a-ta'kèn o't. — GWAÏN DOWN THE STEPS VOR WATER. — ELLEN BRINE OV ALLENBURN. — THE MOTHERLESS CHILD. — THE LEÄDY'S TOWER. — FATHERHOOD. — THE MAID O' NEWTON. — CHILDHOOD. — MEÄRY'S SMILE. — MEÄRY WEDDED. — THE STWONEN BWOY UPON THE PILLAR. — THE YOUNG THAT DIED IN BEAUTY. — FAIR EMILY OV YARROW MILL. — THE SCUD. — MINDEN HOUSE. — THE LOVELY MAÏD OV ELWELL MEÄD. — OUR FATHERS' WORKS. — THE WOLD VO'K DEAD. — CULVER DELL AND THE SQUIRE. — OUR BE'THPLACE. — THE WINDOW FREÄM'D WI' STWONE. — THE WATER-SPRING IN THE LEANE. — THE POPLARS. — THE LINDEN ON THE LAWN. — OUR ABODE IN ARBY WOOD. — SLOW TO COME, QUICK AGONE. — THE VIER-ZIDE. — KNOWLWOOD. — HALLOWED PLEÄCES. — THE WOLD WALL. — BLEÄKE'S HOUSE IN BLACKMWORE. — JOHN BLEÄKE AT HWOME AT NIGHT. — MILKEN TIME. — WHEN BIRDS BE STILL. — RIDEN HWOME AT NIGHT. — ZUN-ZET. — SPRING. — THE ZUMMER HEDGE. — THE WATER CROWVOOT. — THE LILAC. — THE BLACKBIRD. — THE SLANTÈN LIGHT O' FALL. — THISSLEDOWN. — THE MAY-TREE. — LYDLINCH BELLS. — THE STAGE COACH. — WAYFEAREN. — THE LEANE. — THE RAILROAD. — THE RAILROAD. — SEATS. — SOUND O' WATER — TREES BE COMPANY. — A PLEÄCE IN ZIGHT. — GWAIN TO BROOKWELL. — BROOKWELL. — THE SHY MAN. — THE WINTER'S WILLOW. — I KNOW WHO. — JESSIE LEE. — TRUE LOVE. — THE BEAN VIELD. — WOLD FRIENDS A-MET. — FIFEHEAD. — IVY HALL. — FALSE FRIENDS-LIKE. — THE BACHELOR. — MARRIED PEÄIR'S LOVE WALK. — A WIFE A-PRAÏS'D. — THE WIFE A-LOST. — THE THORNS IN THE GEÄTE. — ANGELS BY THE DOOR. — VO'K A-COMÈN INTO CHURCH. — WOONE RULE. — GOOD MEÄSTER COLLINS. — HERRENSTON. — OUT AT PLOUGH. — THE BWOAT. — THE PLEÄCE OUR OWN AGEÄN.
16. 16.Eclogue. — John an' Thomas. — PENTRIDGE BY THE RIVER. — WHEAT. — THE MEÄD IN JUNE. — EARLY RISÈN. — ZELLEN WOONE'S HONEY TO BUY ZOME'HAT SWEET. — DOBBIN DEAD. — Thomas (1) an' John (2) a-ta'èn o't. — HAPPINESS. — GRUFFMOODY GRIM. — THE TURN O' THE DAYS. — THE SPARROW CLUB. — GAMMONY GAŸ. — THE HEARE. — ( Dree o'm a-ta'kèn o't .) — NANNY GILL. — MOONLIGHT ON THE DOOR. — MY LOVE'S GUARDIAN ANGEL. — LEEBURN MILL, — PRAISE O' DO'SET. — POEMS OF RURAL LIFE.
17. 17.THIRD COLLECTION. — WOONE SMILE MWORE — THE ECHO. — VULL A MAN. — NAIGHBOUR PLAŸMEÄTES. — THE LARK. — THE TWO CHURCHES. — WOAK HILL. — THE HEDGER. — IN THE SPRING. — THE FLOOD IN SPRING. — COMEN HWOME — GRAMMER A-CRIPPLED. — THE CASTLE RUINS.
18. 18.Eclogue. — JOHN, JEALOUS AT SHROTON FEÄIR. — Jeäne; her Brother; John, her Sweetheart; and Racketèn Joe — EARLY PLAŸMEÄTE. — PICKEN O' SCROFF. — GOOD NIGHT. — WENT HWOME. — THE HOLLOW WOAK. — CHILDERN'S CHILDERN. — THE RWOSE IN THE DARK. — COME. — ZUMMER WINDS. — THE NEÄME LETTERS. — THE NEW HOUSE A-GETTÈN WOLD. — ZUNDAY. — THE PILLAR'D GEÄTE. — ZUMMER STREAM. — LINDA DEÄNE.
19. 19.Eclogue. — COME AND ZEE US IN THE ZUMMER. — John; William; William's Bwoy; and William's Maïd at Feäir . — LINDENORE. — ME'TH BELOW THE TREE. — TREAT WELL YOUR WIFE. — THE CHILD AN' THE MOWERS. — THE LOVE CHILD. — HAWTHORN DOWN. — OBEN VIELDS. — WHAT JOHN WER A-TELLÈN HIS MIS'ESS OUT IN THE CORN GROUND. — SHEÄDES. — TIMES O' YEAR.
20. 20.Eclogue. — RACKETÈN JOE. — Racketèn Joe; his Sister; his Cousin Fanny; and the Dog. — ZUMMER AN' WINTER. — TO ME. — TWO AN' TWO. — THE LEW O' THE RICK. — THE WIND IN WOONE'S FEÄCE. — TOKENS — TWEIL. — FANCY. — THE BROKEN HEART. — EVENÈN LIGHT. — VIELDS BY WATERVALLS. — THE WHEEL ROUTS. — NANNY'S NEW ABODE. — LEAVES A-VALLÈN. — LIZZIE. — BLESSENS A-LEFT. — FALL TIME. — FALL. — THE ZILVER-WEED. — THE WIDOW'S HOUSE. — THE CHILD'S GREÄVE. — WENT VROM HWOME. — THE FANCY FEÄIR AT MAÏDEN NEWTON. — THINGS DO COME ROUND. — ZUMMER THOUGHTS IN WINTER TIME. — I'M OUT O' DOOR. — GRIEF AN' GLADNESS. — SLIDÈN. — LWONESOMENESS. — A SNOWY NIGHT. — THE YEAR-CLOCK. — NOT GOO HWOME TO-NIGHT. — THE HUMSTRUM. — SHAFTESBURY FEÄIR. — THE BEÄTEN PATH. — RUTH A-RIDÈN. — BEAUTY UNDECKED. — MY LOVE IS GOOD. — HEEDLESS O' MY LOVE. — THE DO'SET MILITIA. — A DO'SET SALE. — ( Thomas and Mr Auctioneer .) — DON'T CEÄRE. — CHANGES. — KINDNESS. — WITHSTANDERS. — DANIEL DWITHEN, THE WISE CHAP. — TURNÈN THINGS OFF. — THE GIANTS IN TREÄDES. — Gramfer's Feäble. — ( How the steam engine come about. ) — THE LITTLE WOROLD. — BAD NEWS. — THE TURNSTILE. — THE BETTER VOR ZEÈN O' YOU. — PITY. — JOHN BLOOM IN LON'ON. — A LOT O' MAÏDENS A-RUNNÈN THE VIELDS. * — A LIST
21. 21.SOME DORSET WORDS — WITH A FEW HINTS ON DORSET WORD-SHAPES. — THE MAIN SOUNDS. — A. — B. — C. — D. — E. — F. — G. — H. — J. — K. — L. — M. — N — O. — P. — Q. — R. — S. — T. — U. — V. — W. — Y. — Z.

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