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- Close section Front Matter
- Close sectionPoems in the second collection of Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect
- Blackmwore Maïdens
- My Orcha'd in Linden Lea
- Bishop's Caundle
- Haÿ Meäkèn—Nunchen Time
- A Father Out, an' Mother Hwome
- Riddles
- Day's Work A-Done
- Light or Sheäde
- The Waggon A-Stooded
- Gwaïn Down the Steps vor Water
- Ellen Brine ov Allenburn
- The Motherless Child
- The Leädy's Tower
- Fatherhood
- The Maïd o' Newton
- Childhood
- Meäry's Smile
- Meäry Wedded
- The Stwonen Bwoy upon the Pillar
- The Young That Died in Beauty
- Faïr Emily ov Yarrow Mill
- The Scud
- Mindèn House
- The Lovely Maïd ov Elwell Meäd
- Our Fathers' Works
- The Wold Vo'k Dead
- Culver Dell and the Squire
- Our Be'thplace
- The Window Freäm'd wi' Stwone
- The Water-Spring in the Leäne
- The Poplars
- The Linden on the Lawn
- Our Abode in Arby Wood
- Slow to Come, Quick Agone
- The Vier-Zide
- Knowlwood
- Hallowed Pleäces
- The Wold Wall
- Bleäke's House in Blackmwore
- John Bleäke at Hwome at Night
- Milkèn Time
- When Birds Be Still
- Ridèn Hwome at Night
- Zun-Zet
- Spring
- The Zummer Hedge
- The Water Crowvoot
- The Lilac
- The Blackbird [II]
- The Slantèn Light o' Fall
- Thissledown
- The Maÿ-Tree
- Lydlinch Bells
- The Stage Coach
- Wayfeärèn
- The Leäne
- The Raïlroad [I]
- The Raïlroad [II]
- Seats
- Sound o' Water
- Trees Be Company
- A Pleäce in Zight
- Gwaïn to Brookwell
- Brookwell
- The Shy Man
- The Winter's Willow
- I Know Who
- Jessie Lee
- True Love
- The Beän Vield
- Wold Friends A-Met
- Fifehead
- Ivy Hall
- False Friends-Like
- The Bachelor
- Married Peäir's Love Walk
- A Wife A-Praïs'd
- The Wife A-Lost
- The Thorns in the Geäte
- Angels by the Door
- Vo'k A-Comèn into Church
- Woone Rule
- Good Meäster Collins
- Herrenston
- Out at Plough
- The Bwoat
- The Pleäce Our Own Ageän
- Eclogue: John an' Thomas
- Pentridge by the River
- Wheat
- The Meäd in June
- Early Risèn
- Zellèn Woone's Honey to Buy Zome'hat Sweet
- Dobbin Dead
- Happiness
- Gruffmoody Grim
- The Turn o' the Days
- The Sparrow Club
- Gammony Gaÿ
- The Heäre
- Nanny Gill
- Moonlight on the Door
- My Love's Guardian Angel
- Leeburn Mill
- Praïse o' Do'set
- Close sectionUncollected poems published in 1859
- The Song of Solomon in the Dorset Dialect from the Authorised English Version (1859)
- Close sectionPoems in the third collection of Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect
- Woone Smile Mwore
- The Echo
- Vull a Man
- Naïghbour Plaÿmeätes
- The Lark
- The Two Churches
- Woak Hill
- The Hedger
- In the Spring
- The Flood in Spring
- Comèn Hwome
- Grammer A-Crippled
- The Castle Ruins
- Eclogue: John, Jealous at Shroton Feäir
- Early Plaÿmeäte
- Pickèn o' Scroff
- Good Night
- Went Hwome
- The Hollow Woak
- Childern's Childern
- The Rwose in the Dark
- Come
- Zummer Winds
- The Neäme Letters
- The New House A-Gettèn Wold
- Zunday
- The Pillar'd Geäte
- Zummer Stream
- Linda Deäne
- Eclogue: Come and Zee Us in the Zummer
- Lindenore
- Me'th below the Tree
- Treat Well Your Wife
- The Child an' the Mowers
- The Love Child
- Hawthorn Down
- Oben Vields
- What John Wer A-Tellèn His Mis'ess Out in the Corn Ground
- Sheädes
- Times o' Year
- Eclogue: Racketèn Joe
- Zummer an' Winter
- To Me
- Two an' Two
- The Lew o' the Rick
- The Wind in Woone's Feäce
- Tokens
- Tweil
- Fancy
- The Broken Heart
- Evenèn Light
- Vields by Watervalls
- The Wheel Routs
- Nanny's New Abode
- Leaves A-Vallèn
- Lizzie
- Blessèns A-Left
- Fall Time
- Fall
- The Zilver-Weed
- The Widow's House
- The Child's Greäve
- Went vrom Hwome
- The Fancy Feäir at Maïden Newton
- Things Do Come Round
- Zummer Thoughts in Winter Time
- I'm Out o' Door
- Grief an' Gladness
- Slidèn
- Lwonesomeness
- A Snowy Night
- The Year-Clock
- Not Goo Hwome To-Night
- The Humstrum
- Shaftesbury Feäir
- The Beäten Path
- Ruth A-Ridèn
- Beauty Undecked
- My Love Is Good
- Heedless o' My Love
- The Do'set Militia
- A Do'set Sale: with a Mistake
- Don't Ceäre
- Changes [I]
- Kindness
- Withstanders
- Daniel Dwithen, the Wise Chap
- Turnèn Things Off
- The Giants in Treädes: Gramfer's Feäble
- The Little Worold
- Bad News
- The Turnstile
- The Better vor Zeèn o' You
- Pity
- John Bloom in Lon'on
- A Lot o' Maïdens A-Runnèn the Vields
- Close sectionPoems in the first collection of Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect
- Close sectionSpring
- The Spring
- The Woodlands
- Leädy-Day, an' Riddèn House
- Easter Zunday
- Easter Monday
- Dock-Leaves
- The Blackbird
- Woodcom' Feäst
- The Milk-Maïd o' the Farm
- The Girt Woak Tree That's in the Dell
- Vellèn o' the Tree
- Bringèn Woone Gwaïn o' Zundays
- Evenèn Twilight
- Evenèn in the Village
- Maÿ
- Bob the Fiddler
- Hope in Spring
- The White Road up athirt the Hill
- The Woody Hollow
- Jenny's Ribbons
- Eclogue: The 'Lotments
- Eclogue: A Bit o' Sly Coortèn
- Close sectionSummer
- Evenèn, an' Maïdens Out at Door
- The Shepherd o' the Farm
- Vields in the Light
- Whitsuntide an' Club Walkèn
- Woodley
- The Brook That Ran by Gramfer's
- Sleep Did Come wi' the Dew
- Sweet Music in the Wind
- Uncle an' Aunt
- Havèn Woones Fortune A-Twold
- Jeäne's Weddèn Day in Mornèn
- Rivers Don't Gi'e Out
- Meäkèn up a Miff
- Haÿ-Meäkèn
- Haÿ-Carrèn
- Eclogue: The Best Man in the Vield
- Where We Did Keep Our Flagon
- Week's End in Zummer, in the Wold Vo'k's Time
- The Meäd A-Mow'd
- The Sky A-Clearèn
- The Evenèn Star o' Zummer
- The Clote
- I Got Two Vields
- Polly Be-èn Upzides wi' Tom
- Be'mi'ster
- Thatchèn o' the Rick
- Bees A-Zwarmèn
- Readèn ov a Head-Stwone
- Zummer Evenèn Dance
- Eclogue: The Veäiries
- Close sectionFall
- Corn A-Turnèn Yollow
- A-Haulèn o' the Corn
- Harvest Hwome: The Vu'st Peärt. The Supper
- Harvest Hwome: Second Peärt. What They Did After Supper
- A Zong ov Harvest Hwome
- Poll's Jack-Daw
- The Ivy
- The Welshnut Tree
- Jenny Out vrom Hwome
- Grenley Water
- The Veäiry Veet That I Do Meet
- Mornèn
- Out A-Nuttèn
- Teäkèn in Apples
- Meäple Leaves Be Yollow
- Night A-Zettèn In
- The Weather-Beäten Tree
- Shrodon Feäir: The Vu'st Peärt
- Shrodon Feäir: The Rest o't
- Martin's Tide
- Guy Faux's Night
- Eclogue: The Common A-Took In
- Eclogue: Two Farms in Woone
- Close sectionWinter
- The Vrost
- A Bit o' Fun
- Fanny's Be'th-Day
- What Dick an' I Did
- Grammer's Shoes
- Zunsheen in the Winter
- The Weepèn Leädy
- The Happy Days When I Wer Young
- In the Stillness o' the Night
- The Settle an' the Girt Wood Vire
- The Carter
- Chris'mas Invitation
- Keepèn up o' Chris'mas
- Zittèn Out the Wold Year
- Woak Wer Good Enough Woonce
- Lullaby
- Meäry-Ann's Child
- Eclogue: Father Come Hwome
- Eclogue: A Ghost
- Close sectionSundry Pieces
- A Zong
- The Maïd vor My Bride
- The Hwomestead
- The Farmer's Woldest Dā'ter
- Uncle Out o' Debt an' Out o' Danger
- The Church an' Happy Zunday
- The Wold Waggon
- The Drèven o' the Common
- The Common A-Took In
- A Wold Friend
- The Rwose That Deck'd Her Breast
- Nanny's Cow
- The Shep'erd Bwoy
- Hope A-Left Behind
- A Good Father
- The Beam in Grenley Church
- The Vaïces That Be Gone
- Poll
- Looks A-Know'd Avore
- The Music o' the Dead
- The Pleäce a Teäle's A-Twold o'
- Aunt's Tantrums
- The Stwonèn Pworch
- Farmers' Sons
- Jeäne
- The Dree Woaks
- The Hwomestead A-Vell into Hand
- The Guide Post
- Gwaïn to Feäir
- Jeäne o' Grenley Mill
- The Bells ov Alderburnham
- The Girt Wold House o' Mossy Stwone
- A Witch
- Eclogue: The Times
- Close sectionSpring
- Close sectionPoems composed in the broad form of the dialect but excluded from the first collection of Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect
- Close sectionUncollected poems published in 1864–1868
- Jaÿ A-Pass'd
- At the Door
- Vrom Hinton
- The Little Hwomestead
- Fellowship
- Sheep in the Sheäde
- The Mother's Dream
- The Dog wi' Me
- The Wind at the Door
- The Wind up the Stream
- The Sister and Brothers
- The Lost Little Sister
- The Surprise
- Lowshot Light
- A Wish A-Come True
- The Fall
- On the Hill
- Green
- The Broken Jug
- The Stream-Zide
- White an' Blue
- When We Wer Young Together
- Two-Peärt Zingèn
- Winter A-Comen
- John Brine Angry, And A-Talken Loud ov His Naighbour avore an Echo
- White in the Night
- The Vield Path
- The Prize Winners
- Winter Weather
- Clouds
- The Bars on the Ridge
- Rings
- Close sectionManuscript poems composed before 1868 and published posthumously
- Shop o' Meatweäre
- Walkèn Hwome at Night
- The Knowl
- Hill or Dell
- Dan an' Jeäne
- Aïr an' Light
- Meldon Hill
- Soft Sounds
- The Vaïce ov Hwome
- The Virezide Chairs
- My Love Agrowèn
- Vorgetting and Minding
- Come an Meet Me wi' the Childern on the Road
- Black an White
- Do My Voreelders Know o' Me?
- Work A-Vield
- When We That Now Ha' Childern Wer Childern
- [Tis Wind That Do Weäft on the Clouds]
- [Tis by Wind That the Poplar Do Weäve]
- Zickness
- By Naïghbours' Doors
- Lewth
- Between Haÿmeäkèn an' Harvest
- Huome's a Nest
- Which Road?
- Mother o' Mothers
- Things A-Vallèn in Their Times o' Year
- The Mornèn Moon
- A-Puttèn the Church to Rights
- The Zun A-Lightèn Eyes A-Shut
- Twice a Week
- The String Token
- What Vrom? Sung before an Echo
- Beguiled
- Awaïtèn vor the Spring
- The Wind A-Plaÿèn Round
- The Spears about the Pool
- Borrow and Lend
- Vew Evenèns Alike
- Work and Wait
- The Wold Clock
- The Stwonen Steps
- Bench by the Geärden Wall
- All Still
- Changes [II]
- Not Vur To Goo
- Zing Together Oonce Mwore
- 'Aar Was A Clouk | Ee-Marìeet to a Slouk'
- Casteale Cuddes Lamentation vor Loss o' His Cuck Aat Was Ee-Took bee a Vox
- The Parrick
- Well To Do
- Happy Times
- By the Mill in Spring
- Shellbrook
- [The Burdock Leaves upon the Ledge]
- Melhill Feäst
- Aridèn
- Close sectionManuscript poems composed after 1868 and published posthumously
- Close sectionLast published poems 1883–1886
- Close section
End Matter
- Notes on the Poems
- Appendix 1: Manuscripts Containing Poems Written in the Modified Form of the Dialect
- Appendix 2: Variants in Spelling and Punctuation
- Appendix 3: The Language of the Modified Form of the Dialect
- Appendix 4: Dialect Versions of the AV Song of Solomon
- Appendix 5: Extracts from the Section on Prosody in Barnes's A Philological Grammar (1845a)
- References
- Glossary
- Glossary of Place-Names Occurring in the Poems
- Index of titles and first lines
