I went, by happy chance, or doom,

Vrom Broadwoak Hill, athirt to Coomb,

An' met a maïd in all her bloom:

The feaïrest maïd o' Newton.

She bore a basket that did ride

So light, she didden leän azide;

Her feäce wer oval, an' she smil'd

So sweet's a child, but walk'd wi' pride.

I spoke to her, but what I zaid

I didden know; wi' thoughts a-vled,