Love

Jenny Out vrom Hwome

by William Barnes 1801–1886

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

Love

O wild-reävèn west winds; as you do roar on,
The elems do rock an' the poplars do ply,
An' weäve do dreve weäve in the dark-water'd pon',--
Oh! where do ye rise vrom, an' where do ye die?

O wild-reävèn winds I do wish I could vlee
Wi' you, lik' a bird o' the clouds, up above
The ridge o' the hill an' the top o' the tree,
To where I do long vor, an' vo'k I do love.

Or else that in under theäse rock I could hear,
In the soft-zwellèn sounds you do leäve in your road,
Zome words you mid bring me, vrom tongues that be dear,
Vrom friends that do love me, all scatter'd abrode.

O wild-reävèn winds! if you ever do roar
By the house an' the elems vrom where I'm a-come,
Breathe up at the window, or call at the door,
An' tell you've a-voun' me a-thinkèn o' hwome.

MLA

Barnes, William. “Jenny Out vrom Hwome.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/barnes/60/.

Chicago

Barnes, William. “Jenny Out vrom Hwome.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/barnes/60/.

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