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from Third-Collection Poems with phonemic transcripts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 March 2018
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; shadows across
Winds a-blowèn,
Streams a-flowèn,
Skies a-glowèn,
Tokens ov my jaÿ zoo fleetèn, joy so
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 meäke the night too fleetèn.
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