Now the light o the west is a-turnd to gloom,
An the men be at hwome vrom ground;
An the bells be a-zendén all down the Coombe
From tower, their mwoansome sound.
An the wind is still,
An the house-dogs do bark,
An the rooks be a-vled to the elems high an dark,
An the water do roar at mill.
An the flickerén light drough the window-peäne
Vrom the candles dull fleäme do shoot,
An young Jemmy the smith is a-gone down leäne,
A-plaÿén his shrill-vaiced flute.
An the millers man,
Do zit down at his ease
On the seat that is under the cluster o trees,
Wi his pipe an his cider can.
Evenen In The Village
William Barnes
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