o fail, she'll linger on,
Wi' all her best o' pleasure gone,
An' hope a-left behind her.

Thy poor lost Jenny wer a-grow'd
So kind an' thoughtvul vor her years,
When she did meet wi' vo'k a-know'd
The best, her love did speak in tears.
She walk'd wi' thee, an' had noo fears
O' thy unkindness, till she zeed
Herzelf a-cast off lik' a weed,
An' hope a-left behind her.

Thy slight turn'd peaele her cherry lip;
Her sorrow, not a-zeed by eyes,
Wer lik' the mildew, that do nip
A bud by darksome midnight skies.
The day mid come, the zun mid rise,
But there's noo hope o' day nor zun;
The storm ha' blow'd, the harm's a-done,
An' hope's a-left behind her.

The time will come when thou wouldst gi'e
The worold vor to have her smile,
Or meet her by the parrock tree,
Or catch her jumpen off the stile;
Thy life's avore thee vor a while,
But thou wilt turn thy mind in time,
An' zee the deed as 'tis,--a crime,
An' hope a-left behind thee.

Zoo never win a maiden's heart,
But her's that is to be thy bride,
An' play drough life a manly peaert,
An' if she's true when time ha' tried
Her mind, then teaeke her by thy zide.
True love will meaeke thy hardships light,
True love will meaeke the worold bright,
When hope's a-left behind thee.

A GOOD FATHER.

No; mind thy father. When his tongue
Is keen, he's still thy friend, John,
Vor wolder vo'k should warn the young
How wickedness will end, John;
An' he do know a wicked youth
Would be thy manhood's beaene,
An' zoo would bring thee back ageaen
'Ithin the ways o' truth.

An' mind en still when in the end
His leaebour's all a-done, John,
An' let en vind a steadvast friend
In thee his thoughtvul son, John;
Vor he did win what thou didst lack
Avore couldst work or stand,
An' zoo, when time do num' his hand,
Then pay his leaebour back.

An' when his bwones be in the dust,
Then honour still his neaeme, John;
An' as his godly soul wer just,
Let thine be voun' the seaeme, John.
Be true, as he wer true, to men,
An' love the laws o' God;
Still tread the road that he've a-trod,
An' live wi' him ageaen.

THE BEAM IN GRENLEY CHURCH.

In church at Grenley woone mid zee
A beam vrom wall to wall; a tree
That's longer than the church is wide,
An' zoo woone end o'n'