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Poems, partly of rural life, (in national English.)

By William Barnes
Barnes, William (1801-1886)
  
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ERWIN AND LINDA.
  
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MRS. FANNY'S TALE.
  
MR. JOHN'S TALE.
  
MR. ROBERT'S TALE.
  
LUCY LEE.
  
MRS. MARY'S TALE.
  
MRS. ANNE'S TALE.
  
MR. WILLIAM'S TALE.
  
MISS JANE'S TALE.
  
ERWIN'S SONG.
  
CONCLUSION.
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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.
 I. 
SONNET I. RURAL NATURE.
 II. 
SONNET II. RURAL NATURE.
  
NATURE.
 III. 
SONNET III. TO THE WIND.
 IV. 
SONNET IV. TO THE MOON.
  
EASTER BELLS.
  
THE BIRD-BOY'S DINNER TOKEN.
  
RUSTIC CHILDHOOD.
  
THE WOODLAND HOME.
 V. 
SONNET V. LEAVES.
 VI. 
SONNET VI. RURAL SECLUSION.
 VII. 
SONNET VII. EVENING DREAMS.
 VIII. 
SONNET VIII. A SUMMER NIGHT.
  
JANE OF BUCKLEY-HILL.
 IX. 
SONNET IX. MOURNING.
  
WOODCOMBE WAKE.
  
THE “HOME-GROUND.”
  
THE ELM IN HOME-GROUND.
 X. 
SONNET X. THE WITHERED TREE.
  
THE NIGHT-AIR.
 XI. 
SONNET XI.
  
WHITBURN'S GREEN AND WHITE.
  
MOONLIGHT.
  
“HOW SWEET'S THE LOVE THAT MEETS RETURN.”
  
DAY DREAMS.
  
THE EEGRASS.
  
THE LANE.
  
AUTUMN.
  
A WINTER NIGHT.
  
THE HOLLY TREE.
  
MOSS.
 XII. 
SONNET XII. TO DEAD FRIENDS.
 XIII. 
SONNET XIII. HAPPY DREAMS.
  
BURNCOMBE HOLLOW.
  
THE MAID THAT I HAVE WON.
 XIV. 
SONNET XIV. THE STORM.
  
MARY COMES NOT TO THE TREE.
  
THE BONNET IN THE WATER.
  
ROSE OF FARRANCOOMBE.
  
MEMORY'S STORES.
 XV. 
SONNET XV. TO MY MOTHER'S SPIRIT.
  
OLD FASHIONS.
 XVI. 
SONNET XVI. ON SEEING SOME VERY OLD FAMILY PORTRAITS IN AN ANCIENT MANSION.
 XVII. 
SONNET XVII. THE DESERTED MANSION.
 XVIII. 
SONNET XVIII. GRECIAN MAIDS.
 XIX. 
SONNET XIX. TO SCENES OF IMAGINATION.
 XX. 
SONNET XX. TO PEACE.
 XXI. 
SONNET XXI. A GARDEN.
 XXII. 
SONNET XXII. TO A GARDEN.—ON LEAVING IT.
 XXIII. 
SONNET XXIII. TO AMANDA.
 XXIV. 
SONNET XXIV.
 XXV. 
SONNET XXV. THE PAST.
 XXVI. 
SONNET XXVI. THE FUTURE.
 XXVII. 
SONNET XXVII. HUMAN LIFE.
 XXVIII. 
SONNET XXVIII. TO A LOST CHILD.
 XXIX. 
SONNET XXIX. THE TRIAL.
  
THE TRIAL PAST.
  
LEARNING.
 XXX. 
SONNET XXX. TO THE HON. MRS. NORTON, THE POETESS, ON MEETING HER AT FRAMPTON HOUSE.
  
ATHELHAMTON HOUSE.
 XXXI. 
SONNET XXXI. ARCHITECTURE.
  
THE HINES OF BURNLEY.
  
HALLOWED NAMES.

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SONNET V. LEAVES.

Leaves of the summer, lovely summer's pride,
Sweet is the shade below your silent tree,
Whether in waving copses, where ye hide
My roamings, or in fields that let me see
The open sky; and whether ye may be
Around the low-stemm'd oak, robust and wide;
Or taper ash upon the mountain side;
Or lowland elm; your shade is sweet to me.
Whether ye wave above the early flow'rs
In lively green; or whether, rustling sere,
Ye fly on playful winds, around my feet,
In dying autumn; lovely are your bow'rs,
Ye early-dying children of the year;
Holy the silence of your calm retreat.
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