SHEÄDES.

Come here an' zit a while below

Theäse tower, grey and ivy-bound,

In sheäde, the while the zun do glow

So hot upon the flow'ry ground;

An' winds in flight,

Do briskly smite

The blossoms bright, upon the gleäde,

But never stir the sleepèn sheäde.

As when you stood upon the brink

O' yonder brook, wi' back-zunn'd head,

Your zunny-grounded sheäde did zink

Upon the water's grav'lly bed,

Where weäves could zweep

Away, or keep,

The gravel heap that they'd a-meäde,

But never wash away the sheäde.

An' zoo, when you can woonce vulvil

What's feäir, a-tried by heaven's light,

Why never fear that evil will

Can meäke a wrong o' your good right.

The right wull stand,

Vor all man's hand,

Till streams on zand, an' wind in gleädes,

Can zweep awaÿ the zuncast sheädes.

Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 第 472 / 587 题