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William Barnes
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William Barnes

“The beautiful in nature is the unmarred result of God's first creative or forming will, and.. the beautiful in art is the result of an unmistaken working of man in accordance with the beautiful in nature.”

- William Barnes

Source/Notes: Thoughts on Beauty in Art- Article in MacMillan's Magazine 1861.
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William Barnes

“But no. Too soon I voun' my charm abroke. Noo comely soul in white like her— Noo soul a-steppen light like her— An' nwone o' comely height like her— Went by; but all my grief agean awoke.”

- William Barnes

Source/Notes: The Wind at the Door, from Poets of the English Language, W. H. Auden and Norman Holmes Pearson (1950)
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William Barnes

“Since I do miss your vaice an' feace In prayer at eventide, I'll pray wi' woone said vaice vor greace To goo where you do bide.”

- William Barnes

Source/Notes: The Wife a-Lost, from The Oxford Book of English Verse (1939)
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William Barnes

“And while the wicket falls behind Her steps, I thought if I could find A wife I need not blush to show I've little further now to go.”

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William Barnes

“Now voe me I can zing on my business abrode: Though the storm do beat down on my poll, There's a wife brighten'd vire at the end of my road, An' her love, voe the jay o' my soul.”

- William Barnes

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