Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect: 3rd collection, Issue 15 |
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a-blowèn a-gone a-left a-lost a-meäde a-ridèn a-rollèn a-runnèn a-sheenèn a-spread a-vound ageän aïr alwone athirt avore beät beäten bezide Bloom bloomèn blow blue boughs bright brook bwoy ceäre cheäks childern cried cwold Deäne door drough elems ev'ry evenèn FANNY Fcap feäce feäir flow'rs geäte gi'e grass greäce ground head hill ho'ses hwome ithin ithout jäy Jeäne leäne leäte leäze lewth light lwonesome maïd maïdens me'th meäde meäke Meldonley merry mornèn neäme night noo mwore païn Paladore peäce peäir peäle pleäce RACKETEN JOE raïn Robin White roun rwose sheäde sheäpe skies smile souls steäte sweet teäke theäse tree tweil Twer vaïce vall veet vields vind vire vlee vloor vo'k vound vrom vu'st vull wall watervalls wind woak wold woonce woone wull yollow Zaid zide zight zing zome zong zummer zunny zweep
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