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cked, now so strong, Shall stan' vor judgment, peaele as ashes, By the souls that rued their wrong, Wi' tears a-hangen on their lashes-- Then withstanders they shall deaere The leaest ov all to meet wi' there, Mid be the helpless souls that now Below their wrongvul might mid bow. Sweet childern o' the dead, bereft Ov all their goods by guile an' forgen; Souls o' driven sleaeves that left Their weaery limbs a-mark'd by scourgen; They that God ha' call'd to die Vor truth ageaen the worold's lie, An' they that groan'd an' cried in vain, A-bound by foes' unrighteous chain. The maid that selfish craft led on To sin, an' left wi' hope a-blighted; Starven workmen, thin an' wan, Wi' hopeless leaebour ill requited; Souls a-wrong'd, an' call'd to vill Wi' dread, the men that us'd em ill. When might shall yield to right as pliant As a dwarf avore a giant. When there, at last, the good shall glow In starbright bodies lik' their Seaeviour, Vor all their flesh noo mwore mid show, The marks o' man's unkind beheaeviour: Wi' speechless tongue, an' burnen cheak, The strong shall bow avore the weaek, An' vind that helplessness, wi' right, Is strong beyond all e'thly might. DANIEL DWITHEN, THE WISE CHAP. Dan Dwithen wer the chap to show His naighbours mwore than they did know, Vor he could zee, wi' half a thought, What zome could hardly be a-taught; An' he had never any doubt Whatever 'twer, but he did know't, An' had a-reach'd the bottom o't, Or soon could meaeke it out. Wi' narrow feaece, an' nose so thin That light a'most shone drough the skin, As he did talk, wi' his red peaeir O' lips, an' his vull eyes did steaere, What nippy looks friend Daniel wore, An' how he smiled as he did bring Such reasons vor to clear a thing, As dather'd vo'k the mwore! When woonce there come along the road At night, zome show-vo'k, wi' a lwoad Ov half the wild outlandish things That crawl'd, or went wi' veet, or wings; Their elephant, to stratch his knees, Walk'd up the road-zide turf, an' left His tracks a-zunk wi' all his heft As big's a vinny cheese. An' zoo next mornen zome vo'k vound The girt round tracks upon the ground, An' view'd em all wi' stedvast eyes, An' wi' their vingers spann'd their size, An' took their depth below the brink: An' whether they
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