The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #152066   Message #3555293
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
02-Sep-13 - 06:20 AM
Thread Name: Octavia Hill event
Subject: RE: Octavia Hill event
Linden Lea by William Barnes exists in two forms, standard English and Dorset dialect;

Within the woodland, flow'ry gladed,
By the oak trees' mossy moot;
The shining grass blade timber-shaded
Now do quiver underfoot;
And birds do whistle overhead,
And water's bubbling in its bed;
And there for me
The apple tree
Do lean down low in Linden Lea.

My Orcha'd in Linden Lea

'Ithin the woodlands, flow'ry gleaded,
By the woak tree's mossy moot,
The sheenen grass bleades, timber-sheaded,
Now do quiver under voot;
An' birds do whissle auver head,
An' water's bubblen in its bed,
An' ther vor me the apple tree
Do lean down low in Linden Lea.