His flutt'ren line over bleädy zedge,

Drough groun's wi' red thissle-heads a-blowèn,

An' watchèn o't by the water's edge;

Then he do love, O,

The best to rove, O,

Along his road drough the meäd a-mow'd.

THE SKY A-CLEAREN.

The drevèn scud that overcast

The zummer sky is all a-past,