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William Barnes - The Broken Heart

News o' grief had overteaken
Dark-eyed Fanny, now vorseaken;
There she zot, wi' breast a-heaven,
While vrom zide to zide, wi' grieven,
Vell her head, wi' tears a-creepen
Down her cheaks, in bitter weepen.
There wer still the ribbon-bow
She tied avore her hour ov woe,
An' there wer still the hans that tied it
Hangen white,
Or wringen tight,
In ceare that drowned all ceare bezide it.

When a man, wi' heartless slighten,
Mid become a maiden's blighten,
He mid cearelessly vorseake her,
But must answer to her Meaker;
He mid slight, wi' selfish blindness,
All her deeds o' loven-kindness,
God wull waigh 'em wi' the slighten
That mid be her love's requiten;
He do look on each deceiver,
He do know
What weight o' woe
Do break the heart ov ev'ry griever.

Added: on November 12th, 2005 at 3:42 PM | Viewed: 25142 times | Comments (1)


The Broken Heart - Comments and Information

Poet: William Barnes
Poem: The Broken Heart

Year: Published/Written in 1850

Comment 1 of 1, added on November 12th, 2005 at 3:42 PM.

I liked the poem, but I had trouble understanding it...But other than that, you're a really good writer, but you gotta use smaller words so that everyone can know what you're trying to get across to people....good luck wid it!

karra

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