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Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect

by William Barnes. Third Collection

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BEAUTY UNDECKED.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

BEAUTY UNDECKED.

The grass mid sheen when wat'ry beäds
O' dew do glitter on the meäds,
An' thorns be bright when quiv'rèn studs
O' raïn do hang upon their buds—
As jewels be a-meäde by art
To zet the plaïnest vo'k off smart.

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But sheäkèn ivy on its tree,
An' low-bough'd laurel at our knee,
Be bright all däy, without the gleäre,
O' drops that duller leäves mid weär—
As Jeäne is feäir to look upon
In plaïnest gear that she can don.