Honour

Me let the world disparage and despise –

As one unfettered with its gilded chains,

As one untempted by its sordid gains,

Its pleasant vice, its profitable lies;

Let Justice, blind and halt and maimed, chastise

The rebel spirit surging in my veins,

Let the Law deal me penalties and pains

And make me hideous in my neighbours’ eyes.

But let me fall not in mine own esteem,

By poor deceit or selfish greed debased.

Let me be clean from secret stain and shame,

Know myself true, though false as hell I seem –

Know myself worthy, howsoe’er disgraced –

Know myself right, though every tongue should blame.

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Poems in English 

• Evenén in the Village by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Evenèn, An’ Maidens Out At Door by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Eclogue:–Two Farms In Woone by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Eclogue:–The Veäiries by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Eclogue:–The Times by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Eclogue:–The ‘Lotments by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Eclogue:–The Common A-Took In by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Eclogue:–The Best Man In The Vield by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Eclogue:–Racketèn Joe by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Eclogue:–John, Jealous At Shroton Feäir by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Eclogue:–John An’ Thomas by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Eclogue:–Come And Zee Us In The Zummer by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Eclogue:–A Ghost by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Eclogue:–A Bit O’ Sly Coorten by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Early Risèn by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Early Pla Meäte by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Don’t Ceäre by William Barnes by William Barnes
• A Do’set Sale by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Day’s Work A-Done by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Daniel Dwithen, The Wise Chap by William Barnes by William Barnes

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Doska or the Board – write anything

Search engines:

Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)

Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.

Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees

Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.

Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.

 

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