Time & Brevity

Zummer an' Winter

by William Barnes 1801–1886

From Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect: Third Collection

Time & Brevity

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;
Winds a-blowèn,
Streams a-flowèn,
Skies a-glowèn,
Tokens ov my jaÿ zoo fleetèn,
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 meake the night too fleetèn.

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Barnes, William. “Zummer an' Winter.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/barnes/274/.

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Barnes, William. “Zummer an' Winter.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/barnes/274/.

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