"Now voe me I can zing on my business abrode: Though the storm do beat down on my poll, There's a wife brighten'd vire at the end of my road, An' her love, voe the jay o' my soul."

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Source: William Barnes (1950). “Selected poems”

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William Barnes was an English poet known for his dialect poetry that celebrated rural life and nature, reflecting deep emotional and cultural connections.

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