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Poems of Rural Life in Common English

By William Barnes

Barnes, William (1801-1886)

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HOME FROM A JOURNEY

THE WOODSIDE ROAD.

THE MOTHER'S DREAM

WHITE IN THE NIGHT

THE BARS ON THE LANDRIDGE

THE STREAM SIDE

THE WIND AT THE DOOR

BY THE MILL IN SPRING

WHEN WE WERE YOUNG TOGETHER

SING AGAIN TOGETHER

DEADNESS OF THE COUNTRY

THE BENCH BY THE GARDEN WALL

THE STONEN STEPS

THE WIND UP THE STREAM

NO TWO DAYS ALIKE

THE SISTER AND BROTHERS

THE REEDS ABOUT THE POOL

SUMMER WIND GUSTS

A MATCH OF QUESTIONS

THE STRING TOKEN

SHEEP IN THE SHADE

THE PRIZE WINNERS

WHEN WE THAT HAVE CHILDREN, WERE CHILDREN.

BY NEIGHBOURS' DOORS

BETWEEN HAYMAKING AND HARVEST

MOTHER OF MOTHERS

THE MORNING MOON

RIGHTING UP THE CHURCH

JOHN TALKING ANGRILY OF A NEIGHBOUR BEFORE AN ECHO

THE SHOP OF MEAT-WARE

WALKING HOME AT NIGHT

A WISH FULFILLED

DANIEL AND JANE

THE VOICE AT HOME

THE FIRESIDE CHAIRS

COME AND MEET ME

THE LOST LITTLE SISTER

BLACK AND WHITE

PLORATA VERIS LACHRYMIS

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F.
There straight-gaited John, that can show
How to handle a sword with a foe,
Is a comely young man;

C.
Home's a nest.