He did veel zoo asheäm'd that he thought he would rather

He wërden the bridegroom, but only the father.

But, though 'tis so funny to zee en so shy,

Yeet his mind is so lowly, his aïms be so high,

That to do a meän deed, or to tell woone a lie,

You'd vind that he'd shun mwore by half,

Than to stan' vor vo'ks fun, or their laugh.

THE WINTER'S WILLOW.

There Liddy zot bezide her cow,