William Barnes, Linden Lea, Animation

"Linden Lea" by William Barnes, Poem animation (YouTube video)

Probably William Barnes' most famous poem.

It's curious that his son did not include it in this 1909 selection of his poems:

The poem is included in Thomas Hardy's Select Poems of Thomas Hardy, 1908

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Linden Lea (the song setting was written in 1901; first published April 1902; first performed September 4, 1902).

The latest selection of the poems of William Barnes:

William Barnes: 'My Orcha'd in Linden Lea' and other Poems 

Edited by Alan Chedzoy