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his head, from which his long white hair escaped on to the pillow; his grey beard, grown very long, upon his breast; his complexion, which you recollect as richly bronzed, has become blanched by keeping indoors, and is now waxily white where it is not waxily pink; the blue eyes, half shut, restless under languid lids.
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430:. The plinth of the cross has the inscription: 'In Memory of William Barnes, Died 7 October 1886. Aged 86 Years. For 24 Years Rector of this Parish. This Memorial was raised to his Memory by his Children and Grandchildren." On 4 February 1889 a bronze statue of William Barnes by
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set to music four of Barnes' poems: "My Orcha'd in Lindèn Lea" and "Blackmwore
Maidens" in their "Common English" versions ("Linden Lea" and "Blackmwore by the Stour", respectively), "The Winter's Willow", and "In the Spring".
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Poems of Rural Life, in the Dorset
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artist and inventor. He wrote over 800 poems, some in
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824:"The Vegetarian Movement in Britain c. 1840–1901"
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