Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LWONESOMENESS, by WILLIAM BARNES


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First Line: As I do zew, wi' nimble hand
Last Line: Up here a-while. Do come.
Subject(s): Autumn; Parents; Seasons; Solitude; Fall; Parenthood; Loneliness


As I do zew, wi' nimble hand,
In here avore the window's light,
How still do all the housegear stand
Around my Iwonesome zight.
How still do all the housegear stand
Since Willie now 've a-left the land.

The rwose-tree's window-sheädèn bow
Do hang in leaf, an' win'-blow'd flow'rs
Avore my Iwonesome eyes do show
Theäse bright November hours.
Avore my Iwonesome eyes do show
Wi' nwone but I to zee em blow.

The sheäes o' leafy buds, avore
The peänes, do sheäke upon the glass,
An' stir in light upon the vloor,
Where now vew veet do pass.
An' stir in light upon the vloor
Where there's a-stirrèn nothèn mwore.

This win' mid dreve upon the maïn,
My brother's ship, a-plowèn foam,
But not bring mother, cwold, nor raïn,
At her now happy hwome.
But not bring mother, cwold, nor raïn,
Where she is out o' païn.

Zoo now that I'm a-mwopèn dumb,
A-keepèn father's house, do you
Come of'en wi' your work vrom hwome,
Vor company. Now do.
Come of'en wi' your work vrom hwome,
Up here a-while. Do come.





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