A Lucky Dog (John Hartley Poems)
Tha'rt a rough en;--aye tha art,--an aw'll betJust as ready. Tha ne'er lived as a pet, Aw can tell.Ther's noa mistress ...
Poems about seet (21 Poems)
Somdy’s Chonce (John Hartley Poems)
What's a poor lass like me to do, 'At langs for a hooam ov her own?Aw'm a hale an bonny wench ...
Take Heart! (John Hartley Poems)
Roughest roads, we often find, Lead us on to th' nicest places;Kindest hearts oft hide behind Some o'th' plainest-lukkin faces.Flaars whose colors ...
Th’ Lesser Evil (John Hartley Poems)
Young Harry wor a single chap, An wod have lots o' tin,An monny a lass had set her cap, This temptin prize ...
Sixty An Sixteen (John Hartley Poems)
We're older nor we used to be, But that's noa reason whyWe owt to mope i' misery, An whine an grooan an ...
Once Agean Welcome (John Hartley Poems)
Once agean welcome! oh, what is ther grander,When years have rolled by sin' yo left an old friend?An what cheers ...
Shoo’s Thi Sister (John Hartley Poems)
(Written on seeing a wealthy townsman rudely pusha poor little girl off the pavement.)Gently, gently, shoo's thi sister, Tho' her clooas ...
Tother Day (John Hartley Poems)
As awm sittin enjoyin mi pipe, An tooastin mi shins beside th' hob,Aw find ther's a harvest quite ripe, O' thowts stoored ...
Stir Thi Lass! (John Hartley Poems)
Come lassie be stirrin, for th' lark's up ith' lift, An th' dew drops are hastin away;An th' mist oth' hillside ...
Nelly o’ Bob’s (John Hartley Poems)
Who is it at lives i' that cot on the lea,Joy o' my heart an' leet o' my ee?Who is ...
Soa Bonny (John Hartley Poems)
Aw've travell'd o'er land, an aw've travell'd o'er sea,An aw've seen th' grandest lasses 'at ivver can be;But aw've nivver ...
Breitmann In Politics (Charles Godfrey Leland Poems)
1.-THE NOMINATIONVHEN ash de var vas ober, und Beace her shnow-wice vings Vas vafin' o'er de coondry (in shpodts) like ...
Johnny Green’s Wedding, And Description Of Manchester College (Anonymous British Poems)
Neaw lads where ar yo beawn so fast,Yo happun ha no yerd whot's past;Au gettun wed sin au'r here last, ...
Margit’s Comin’ (Edwin Waugh Poems)
Eh! Sam, whatever doesto meeon;Aw see thae'rt theer i'th nook again;Where aw've a gill thae's nine or ten: Thae ...
Go, tak thi ragg’d childer an’ flit (Ben Brierley Poems)
Has eawr Jammy bin here to-neet?Oh! theaw'rt theer, theau great drunken slotchIt's strange if au nowt elze to doBo' ha' ...
Japonica (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe Poems)
An old dalewoman speaks:"JAPONICA! Ay, it makes a brave show,But none on 'em grow as they used to grow!It's goin' ...
Will’s Stead (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe Poems)
'My stead's far end o' neeawheer,Neea lass wud care to settle there:Afore she died, my mother said,"It's time, dear lad, ...
Swallow’s Return (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe Poems)
HOW mony times have I told theeNiver to fasten t' stable doorAt t' edge o' dark on t' shortenin' neets?Leave ...
T’ Laverock (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe Poems)
UP on t' moor-tops,Wheer cotton-grass grow,On pitch-black bogs,Like patches of snow,A laverock's singin'High oot of seet-Aa! but his singin'Falls varra ...
A Soldier’s Grave (Francis Ledwidge Poems)
Then in the lull of midnight, gentle armsLifted him slowly down the slopes of deathLest he should hear again the ...
T’ Football Match (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe Poems)
Eh! Thoo's a seet wi' thi bandaged headAn' collar-bone broke! Why do lads playSike gaumless games? Coom thi ways to ...