Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUR BE'THPLEACE, by WILLIAM BARNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How dear's the door a latch do shut Last Line: Our own vorelivers dead an' gone. Subject(s): Family Life; Home; Memory; Relatives | ||||||||
How dear's the door a latch do shut, An' geärden that a hatch do shut, Where vu'st our bloomèn cheäks ha'prest The pillor ov our childhood's rest; Or where, wi' little tooes, we wore The paths our fathers trod avore; Or clim'd the timber's bark aloft, Below the zingèn lark aloft, The while we heärd the echo sound Drough all the ringèn valley round. A lwonesome grove o' woak did rise, To screen our house, where smoke did rise, A-twistèn blue, while yeet the zun Did langthen on our childhood's fun; An' there, wi' all the sheäpes an' sounds O' life, among the timber'd grounds, The birds upon their boughs did zing, An' milkmaïds by their cows did zing, Wi' merry sounds, that softly died, A-ringèn down the valley zide. By river banks, wi' reeds a-bound, An' sheenèn pools, wi' weeds a-bound, The long-neck'd gander's ruddy bill To snow-white geese did cackle sh'ill; An' stridèn peewits heästen'd by, O' tiptooe wi' their screamèn cry; An' stalkèn cows a-lowèn loud, An' struttèn cocks a-crowèn loud, Did rouse the echoes up to mock Their mingled sounds by hill an' rock. The stars that clim'd our skies all dark, Above our sleepèn eyes all dark, An' zuns a-rollèn round to bring The seasons on, vrom Spring to Spring, Ha' vled, wi' never-restèn flight, Drough green-bough'd day, an' dark-tree'd night; Till now our childhood's pleäces there, Be gaÿ wi' other feäces there, An' we ourselves do vollow on Our own vorelivers dead an' gone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY AUNT ELLA MAE by MICHAEL S. HARPER THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES LIZARDS AND SNAKES by ANTHONY HECHT THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND EYES: I LOVE by LYN HEJINIAN CHILD ON THE MARSH by ANDREW HUDGINS MY MOTHER'S HANDS by ANDREW HUDGINS PLAYING DEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS THE GLASS HAMMER by ANDREW HUDGINS INSECT LIFE OF FLORIDA by LYNDA HULL A WINTER NIGHT by WILLIAM BARNES |
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