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Zummer an‘ winter

from Third-Collection Poems with phonemic transcripts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2018

T. L. Burton
T. L. Burton
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide
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WHEN I led by zummer streams

The pride o’ Lea, as naïghbours thought her,

While the zun, wi’ evenèn beams,

Did cast our sheädes athirt the water; shadows across

Winds a-blowèn,

Streams a-flowèn,

Skies a-glowèn,

Tokens ov my jaÿ zoo fleetèn, joy so

Heighten'd it, that happy meetèn.

Then, when maïd an’ man took pleäces,

Gaÿ in winter's Chris'mas dances,

Showèn in their merry feäces

Kindly smiles an’ glisnèn glances;

Stars a-winkèn,

Day a-shrinkèn,

Sheädes a-zinkèn,

Brought anew the happy meetèn,

That did meäke the night too fleetèn.

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The Sound of William Barnes's Dialect Poems
, pp. 178 - 179
Publisher: The University of Adelaide Press
Print publication year: 2017

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