Aye! vrom days under blue-hollow'd skies.

He went out to the mowers in meäd,

When the zun wer a-rose to his height,

An' the men wer a-swingèn the sneäd,

Wi' their eärms in white sleeves, left an' right;

An' out there, as they rested at noon,

O! they drench'd en vrom eäle-horns too deep,

Till his thoughts wer a-drown'd in a swoon;

Aye! his life wer a-smother'd in sleep.

Then they laid en there-right on the ground,