Poetic Openings : Richard Harris Barham to William Barnes
Poet : Richard Harris Barham : Poem : Witches' Frolic, The : First Line : [Scene, the 'Snuggery' at Tappington.-- Grandpapa in a high-backed cane-bottomed elbow-chair of carved walnut-tree, dozing; his nose at an angle of forty-five degrees,--his thumbs slowly perform the rotatory motion described by lexicographers as 'twiddling.'--The 'Hope of the family' astride on a walking-stick, with burnt-cork mustachios, and a pheasant's tail pinned in his cap, solaceth himself with martial music.-- Roused by a strain of surpassing dissonance, Grandpapa Loquitur. ]Poet : William Barnes : Poem : Blackmwore Maidens : First Line : The primrwose in the shade do blow,
Poet : William Barnes : Poem : Easter Zunday : First Line : Last Easter Jim put on his blue
Poet : William Barnes : Poem : Evenen In The Village : First Line : Now the light o’ the west is a-turn’d to gloom,
Poet : William Barnes : Poem : Evening, And Maidens : First Line : Now the shiades o’ the elems da stratch muore an muore,
