A DEDICATION.
Reading edition
Thenk not, bin I ood be tha fashion, That I, ZIR, write theäze Dedicâtion; I write, I haup I dwon't offend. Bin I be proud ta câll You FRIEND. I here ston vooäth, alooän unbidden To 'muse you wi' my country lidden;— Wi' remlet's o' tha Saxon tongue That to our Gramfers did belong. Vor áll it is a little thing, Receave it—Friendship's offering— Ta pruv, if pruf I need renew, That I esteem not lightly YOU.