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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEARY WEDDED, by WILLIAM BARNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The zun can zink, the stars mid rise Last Line: That wer a-woo'd an' wedded. Subject(s): Brides; Marriage; Mourning; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Bereavement | |||
The zun can zink, the stars mid rise, An' woods be green to sheenèn skies; The cock mid crow to mornèn light, An' workvo'k zing to vallèn night; The birds mid whissle on the spraÿ, An' childern leäp in merry plaÿ, But our's is now a lifeless pleäce, Vor we've a-lost a smilèn feäce— Young Meäry Meäd o' merry mood, Vor she's a-woo'd an' wedded. The dog that woonce wer glad to bear Her fondlèn vingers down his heäir, Do leän his head ageän the vloor, To watch, wi' heavy eyes, the door; An' men she zent so happy hwome O' Zadurdays, do seem to come To door, wi' downcast hearts, to miss Wi' smiles below the clematis, Young Meäry Meäd o' merry mood, Vor she's a-woo'd an' wedded. When they do draw the evenèn blind, An' when the evenèn light's a-tin'd, The cheerless vier do drow a gleäre O' light ageän her empty chair; An' wordless gaps do now meäke thin Their talk where woonce her vaïce come in. Zoo lwonesome is her empty pleäce, An' blest the house that ha' the feäce O' Meäry Meäd o' merry mood, Now she's a-woo'd an' wedded. The day she left her father's he'th, Though sad, wer kept a day o' me'th, An' dry-wheel'd waggons' empty beds Wer left 'ithin the tree-screen'd sheds; An' all the hosses, at their eäse, Went snortèn up the flow'ry leäse, But woone, the smartest vor the roäd, That pull'd away the dearest lwoad— Young Meäry Meäd o' merry mood, That wer a-woo'd an' wedded. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNGERFIELD by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN HECUBA MOURNS by MARILYN NELSON THERE IS NO GOD BUT by AGHA SHAHID ALI IF I COULD MOURN LIKE A MOURNING DOVE by FRANK BIDART A WINTER NIGHT by WILLIAM BARNES |
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