Aw’m Havin’ A Smook Bi Misel’, (John Hartley Poems)
'Aw'm havin' a smook bi misel', Net a soul here to spaik a word to, Aw've noa gossip to hear nor to ...
John Hartley Poems on Pain (30 Poems)
Angels Of Sunderland. In Memoriam, June 16th, 1893. (John Hartley Poems)
On the sixteenth of June, eighteen eighty-three, The children of Sunderland hastened to see, Strange wonders performed by a mystic man, Believing,--as only ...
Lamentin’ An Repentin’ (John Hartley Poems)
Awst be better when spring comes, aw think, But aw feel varry sickly an waik,Awve noa relish for mait nor for ...
Babby Burds (John Hartley Poems)
Aw wander'd aght one summer's morn,Across a meadow newly shorn;Th' sun wor shinin' breet and clear,An' fragrant scents rose up ...
Missin Yor Way (John Hartley Poems)
It wor dark an mi way wor across a wild mooar, An noa signs could aw find ov a track,'Twor a ...
Old Moorcock (John Hartley Poems)
Awm havin a smook bi misel, Net a soul here to spaik a word to,Awve noa gossip to hear nor to ...
Th’ Short-Timer (John Hartley Poems)
Some poets sing o' gipsy queens, An some o' ladies fine;Aw'll sing a song o' other scenes,-- A humbler muse is mine.Jewels, ...
The Short-Timer (John Hartley Poems)
Some poets sing o' gipsy queens, An' some o' ladies fine;Aw'll sing a song o' other scenes, A humbler muse is mine:Jewels, ...
Lilly’s Gooan (John Hartley Poems)
"Well, Robert! what's th' matter! nah mun,Aw see 'at ther's summat nooan sweet;Thi een luk as red as a sun--Aw ...
Awr Dooad (John Hartley Poems)
Her ladyship's getten a babby,-- An they're makkin a famous to do,--They say,--Providence treated her shabby-- Shoo wor fairly entitled to two.But ...
Fairly Weel-off (John Hartley Poems)
Ov whooalsum food aw get mi fill,--Ov drink aw seldom want a gill;Aw've clooas to shield me free throo harm,Should ...
Growin Old (John Hartley Poems)
Old age, aw can feel's creepin on, Aw've noa taste for what once made me glad;Mi love ov wild marlocks is ...
Plain Jane (John Hartley Poems)
Plain Jane--plain Jane;This wor owd Butterworth's favourite strain: For wealth couldn't buy, Such pleasur an joy.As he had wi his owd plain ...
Sixty, Turned, To-day (John Hartley Poems)
Aw'm turned o' sixty, nah, old lass, Yet weel aw mind the time,When like a young horse turned to grass, Aw gloried ...
Blue Bells (John Hartley Poems)
Bonny little Blue-bells Mid young brackens green,'Neath the hedgerows peeping Modestly between;Telling us that Summer Is not far away,When your beauties blend with Blossoms ...
Jockey An Dolly (John Hartley Poems)
Th' sun shone breet at early morn, Burds sang sweetly on the trees;Larks wor springin from the corn, Tender blossoms sowt the ...
Years Ago (John Hartley Poems)
Annie I dreamed a strange dream last night,At my bedside, I dreamed, you stood clad in white;Your dark curly hair ...
De Profundis (John Hartley Poems)
Down in the deeps of dark despair and woe;-- Of Death expectant;--Hope I put aside;Counting the heartbeats, slowly, yet more slow,-- Marking ...
The Open Gates (John Hartley Poems)
My heart was sad when first we met; 'Yet with a smile,-- A welcome smile I ne'er forget, Thou didst beguileMy sighs and ...
Dooant Forget The Old Fowks (John Hartley Poems)
Dooant forget the old fowks,-- They've done a lot for thee;Remember tha'd a mother once, Who nursed thi on her knee.A father ...
Matilda Jane (John Hartley Poems)
Matilda Jane wor fat an fair, An nobbut just sixteen;Shoo'd ruddy cheeks an reddish hair, An leet blue wor her een.Shoo weighed ...
Too Late (John Hartley Poems)
How should I know, That day when first we met, I Would be a day I never can forget? And yet 'tis so.That clasp ...
Lilly-White Hand (John Hartley Poems)
Place thy lilly-white hand in mine, Maid with the wealth of golden hair;--Tresses, that gleaming like gold, entwine, Round about a sweet ...
Do Your Best And Leave The Rest (John Hartley Poems)
As through life you journey onward Many a hill you'll have to climb;Many a rough and dang'rous pathway, You'll encounter time and ...
Backward Turn, Oh! Recollection (John Hartley Poems)
Backward turn, oh! recollection! Far, far back to childhoods' days;To those treasures of affection, 'Round which loving memory playsShow to me the ...
Once Upon A Time (John Hartley Poems)
When dull November's misty shroud, All Nature's charms depress,Flinging a damp, dark, deadening cloud, O'er each heart's joyousness.Our fancies quit their lighter ...
Nooan So Bad (John Hartley Poems)
This world is net a paradise, Tho' railly aw dooant see,What fowk should growl soa mich abaat;-- Its gooid enuff for me.It's ...
Trusting Still (John Hartley Poems)
When shall we meet again? One more year passed;One more of grief and pain;-- Maybe the last.Are the years sending us Farther apart?Or ...
Shut Out (John Hartley Poems)
_"The drunkard shall not enter the Kingdom of Heaven."_ Far, far beyond the skies, The land of promise lies; When Death our souls ...
Try A Smile (John Hartley Poems)
This world's full o' trubbles fowk say, but aw daat it, Yo'll find as mich pleasure as pain;Some grummel at times ...