from Third-Collection Poems with phonemic transcripts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 March 2018
IN stillness we ha’ words to hear,
An’ sheäpes to zee in darkest night,
An’ tongues a-lost can haïl us near,
An’ souls a-gone can smile in zight;
When Fancy now do wander back
To years a-spent, an’ bring to mind
Zome happy tide a-left behind
In weästèn life's slow-beätèn track. wasting
When feädèn leaves do drip wi’ raïn, fading
Our thoughts can ramble in the dry;
When Winter win’ do zweep the plaïn
We still can have a zunny sky.
Vor though our limbs be winter-wrung,
We still can zee, wi’ Fancy's eyes,
The brightest looks ov e'th an’ skies, earth
That we did know when we wer young.
In païn our thoughts can pass to eäse,
In work our souls can be at plaÿ,
An’ leäve behind the chilly leäse meadow
Vor warm-aïr'd meäds o’ new mow'd haÿ,
When we do vlee in Fancy's flight fly
Vrom daily ills avore our feäce,
An’ linger in zome happy pleäce
Ov me'th an’ smiles, an’ warmth an’ light.
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