s did goo to their drink, an' did lie
In the sheaede ov his head, when the zun at his heighth
Had a-drove em vrom mowen, wi' het an' wi' drith,
Where the hay-meaekers put all their picks an' their reaekes,
An' did squot down to snabble their cheese an' their ceaekes,
An' did vill vrom their flaggons their cups wi' their eaele,
An' did meaeke theirzelves merry wi' joke an' wi' teaele.

Ees, we took up a rwope an' we tied en all round
At the top o'n, wi' woone end a-hangen to ground,
An' we cut, near the ground, his girt stem a'most drough,
An' we bent the wold head o'n wi' woone tug or two;
An' he sway'd all his limbs, an' he nodded his head,
Till he vell away down like a pillar o' lead:
An' as we did run vrom en, there; clwose at our backs,
Oh! his boughs come to groun' wi' sich whizzes an' cracks;
An' his top wer so lofty that, now he is down,
The stem o'n do reach a-most over the groun'.
Zoo the girt elem tree out in little hwome groun'
Wer a-stannen this mornen, an' now's a-cut down.

BRINGEN WOONE GWAIN[A] O' ZUNDAYS.

Ah! John! how I do love to look
At theaese green hollor, an' the brook
Among the withies that do hide
The stream, a-growen at the zide;
An' at the road athirt the wide
An' shallow vword, where we young bwoys
Did peaert, when we did goo half-woys,
To bring ye gwain o' Zundays.

Vor after church, when we got hwome,
In evenen you did always come
To spend a happy hour or two
Wi' us, or we did goo to you;
An' never let the comers goo
Back hwome alwone, but always took
A stroll down wi' em to the brook
To bring em gwain o' Zundays.

How we did scote all down the groun',
A-pushen woone another down!
Or challengen o' zides in jumps
Down over bars, an' vuzz, an' humps;
An' peaert at last wi' slaps an' thumps,
An' run back up the hill to zee
Who'd get hwome soonest, you or we.
That brought ye gwain o' Zundays.

O' leaeter years, John, you've a-stood
My friend, an' I've a-done you good;
But tidden, John, vor all that you
Be now, that I do like ye zoo,
But what you wer vor years agoo:
Zoo if you'd stir my heart-blood now.
Tell how we used to play, an' how
You brought us gwain o' Zundays.

[Footnote A: "To bring woone gwain,"--to bring one going; to bring one
on his way.]

EVENEN TWILIGHT.

Ah! they vew zummers brought us round
The happi