An’ there, mid every busy pick,
Ha’ work enough to do;
An’ where, avore, we built woone rick,
Mid theäse year gi’e us two;
Wi’ God our friend,
An’ wealth to spend,
Vor zome good end,
That times mid mend,
In towns, an’ Do’set Downs, O.
Zoo let the merry thatcher veel
Fine weather on his brow,
As he, in happy work, do kneel
Up roun’ the new-built mow,
That now do zwell in sich a size,
An’ rise to sich a height,
That, oh! the miller’s wistful eyes
Do sparkle at the zight.
An’ long mid stand,
A happy band,
To till the land,
Wi’ head an’ hand,
By crowns o’ Do’set Downs, O.
THE MEÄD IN JUNE.
Ah! how the looks o’ sky an’ ground
Do change wi’ months a-stealèn round,
When northern winds, by starry night,
Do stop in ice the river’s flight;
Or brooks in winter raïns do zwell,
Lik’ rollèn seas athirt the dell;
Or trickle thin in zummer-tide;
Among the mossy stwones half dried;
But still, below the zun or moon,
The feärest vield’s the meäd in June.
