THE VEAIRY VEET THAT I DO MEET.

When dewy fall's red leaves do vlee

Along the grass below the tree,

Or lie in yollow beds a-shook

Upon the shallow-water'd brook,

Or drove 'ithin a sheädy nook;

Then softly, in the evenèn, down

The knap do steal along the groun'

The veäiry veet that I do meet

Below the row o' beech trees.

'Tis jist avore the candle-light

Do redden windows up at night,

An' peäler stars do light the vogs

A-risèn vrom the brooks an' bogs,

An' when in barkens yoppèn dogs

Do bark at vo'k a-comèn near,

Or growl a-lis'enèn to hear

The veäiry veet that I do meet

Below the row o' beech trees.

Dree times a-year do bless the road

O' womanhood a-gwaïn abrode:

When vu'st her litty veet do tread

The eärly Maÿ's white deäisy bed:

When leaves be all a-scattered dead;

An' when the winter's vrozen grass

Do glissen in the zun lik' glass

Vor veäiry veet that I do meet

Below the row o' beech trees.

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