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" I took her pail, an' left Her neck a-freed vrom all its heft ; An' she a-looken up an' down, Wi' sheaply head an* glossy crown, Then took my zide, an' kept my peace A-talken on wi' smilen feace, An* zetten things in sich a light, I'd fain ha' hear'd her... "
Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect: Second collection - Page 88
by William Barnes - 1863
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The North British Review, Volume 31

English literature - 1859 - 588 pages
...zide, an' kept my pace, A-talken on wf smilenface, An' zetten things in sich a light, I'd fain ha' hard her talk all night; An' when I brought her milk avore The geate, she took it into door, An' if her pail had but allow'd Her head to vail, she would ha' bow'd; An' still, as 'twer,...
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 6

1862 - 794 pages
...kept my peace A-talken on wi' smilen feace, An' zetten things in sich a light, I'd fain ha' hear'd her talk all night ; An' when I brought her milk avore The geate, she took it in to door, An' 3 her pail had but allow'd Her head to vail, she would ha' bow'd ; An' still, as 'twer, I had the zight...
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 6

1862 - 542 pages
...kept my peace A-talken on wi' smilen feäce, An' zettèn things in sich a light, I'd faun ha' hear'd her talk all night ; An' when I brought her milk avore The geäte, she took it in to door, An' if her païl had but allow'd Her head to vail, she would ha' bowM...
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MacMillan's Magazine, Volume 6

Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1862 - 566 pages
...kept my peace A-talken on wi' smilen feace, An' zettèn things in sich a light, I'd fain ha' heaYd her talk all night ; An' when I brought her milk avore The geilte, she took it in to door, An' if her païl had but allow'd Her head to vail, she would ha' bow'd...
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Poems in the Dorset Dialect, Volume 1

William Barnes - Dialect poetry, English - 1864 - 228 pages
...kept my peace A-talken on wi' smilen feace, An* zetten things in sich a light, I'd fain ha' hear'd her talk all night ; An' when I brought her milk avore...zight Ov" her sweet smile, droughout the night. WHEN BIKDS BE STILL. Vor all the zun do leave the sky, An' all the sounds o' dae do die, An' noo mwore veet...
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Woodland and Wild: A Selection of Descriptive Poetry

Woodland - Animals - 1868 - 186 pages
...kept my peace A-talken on wi' smilen feace, An' zetten things in sich a light, I'd fain ha' hear'd her talk all night ; An' when I brought her milk avore...the zight Ov her sweet smile droughout the night. W. Barnes. EVENING. HEPHERDS all, and maidens fair, Fold your flocks up, for the air 'Gins to thicken,...
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Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect

William Barnes - Dialect poetry, English - 1879 - 524 pages
...kept my peace A-talken on wi' smilen feace, An' zetten things in sich a light, I'd fain ha' hear'd her talk all night ; An' when I brought her milk avore...door, An' if her pail had but allow'd Her head to vall, she would ha' bow'd, An' still, as 'twer, I had the zight Ov her sweet smile droughout the night....
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The Library Magazine, Volume 2

1887 - 732 pages
...kept my peice A.talkèn on wi' gmilèn fcäce, An' zettàn things in eich a light, I'd fain ha' heur'd her talk all night ; An' when I brought her milk avore The geÄte, she took it in to door, An' if her pall had but allow'd Her head to Tall, she would ha' bow'd,...
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Library of the World's Best Literature: A-Z

Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1902 - 534 pages
...kept my peace, A-talken on wi' smilen feace, An' zetten things in sich a light, I'd fain ha' hea'r'd her talk all night; An' when I brought her milk avore...the zight Ov' her sweet smile, droughout the night . JESSIE LEE ABOVE the timber's benden sh'ouds, The western wind did softly blow; An' up avore the...
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Select Poems of William Barnes

William Barnes - Dialect poetry, English - 1908 - 222 pages
...kept my peace A-talken on wi' smilen feace, An' zetten things in sich a light, I'd fain ha' hear'd her talk all night ; An' when I brought her milk avore...still, as 'twer, I had the zight Ov her sweet smile throughout the night. 30 14 wai'ght] weight. 18 its heft] its burden. 21 peace] pace. WAYFEAREN THE...
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