Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect: Second collection, Issue 15 |
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a-gone a-hung a-left a-lost ageän aïr alwone athirt avore beät bezide bide birds Blackmwore bleädes Bleäke boughs brook burnèn bwoy ceäre cheäks childern cloth cwold darksome door Dorset Dorset Downs drough eärms ev'ry evenèn Fcap feäce feäir flow'ry geärden geäte gi'e gleäre GLOSSARY grass greäce hand happy he'th head heäir hill ho'ses hwome ithin ithout jaÿ Jeäne John lawns ov Allen leän leänen leäve lewth light lwoad Lydlinch maïd maïdens me'th meäde meäke merry mornèn mossy mwore neäme night peäce plaïn pleäce raïn rest road roun round sheädes sheäke sheenèn smile smilèn SOHO SQUARE souls sound stwone teäke theäse thik tow'r trees tweil Twer vaïce vall veet vields vier-zide vind vingers vlee vloor vrom vu'st wall wheels wind woak wold vo'k woonce woone woone's yollow zide zight zing zome zong zummer zunny
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Page 1 - The primrwose in the sheade do blow, The cowslip in the zun, The thyme upon the down do grow, The clote where streams do run ; An' where do pretty maidens grow An' blow, but where the tow'r Do rise among the bricken tuns, In Blackmwore by the Stour. If you could zee their comely gait, An' pretty feaces' smiles, A-trippen on so light o...
Page 214 - A PHILOLOGICAL GRAMMAR, grounded upon English, and formed from a comparison of more than Sixty Languages. Being an Introduction to the Science of Grammars of all Languages, especially English, Latin, and Greek. By the Rev. W. Barnes, B D., of St. John's College, Cambridge; Author of " Poems in the Dorset Dialect,
Page 213 - English language) forming a complete key for the reader of the works of our old Poets, Dramatists, Theologians, and other authors whose works abound with allusions, of which explanations are not to be found in ordinary Dictionaries and books of reference. Most of the principal Archaisms are illustrated by examples selected from early inedited MSS. and rare books, and by far the greater portion will be found to be original authorities.
Page 216 - BARKES' (Rev. W.) Views of Labour and Gold. Fcp. 8vo, cloth, 3s *' Mr. Barnes is a reader and a thinker. He has a third and a conspicuous merit— his style is perfectly lucid and simple. If the humblest reader of ordinary intelligence desired to follow out the process by which societies are built up and held together, he has but to betake himself to the study of Mr. Barnes s epitome. The title "Views of Labour and Gold...