PARTS:
Arğmnt
Hǎ a Śip hvñ pást ɖ Lîn wz drivn bî stormz t ɖ cold Cuntri twdz ɖ Sǎʈ Pol; n hǎ fṛm ɖns ś md hr cors t ɖ tropicl Lattyd v ɖ Gret Psific Ośn; n v ɖ strenj ʈñz ɖt bfel; n in ẃt manr ɖ Anćnt Marinr cem bac t hiz ǒn Cuntri.
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PART I
It z an enćnt Marinr,
N h stopiʈ wn v ʈri.
‘Bî ɖî loñ gre bird n gliṭrñ î,
Nǎ ẃr-fr stop’st ɖǎ m?
Ɖ Brîdgrūm’z dorz r opnd wîd,
N I am nxt v cin;
Ɖ gests r met, ɖ fīst z set:
Me’st hír ɖ meri din.’
H holdz him wɖ hiz scini hand,
‘Ɖr wz a śip,’ qoʈ h.
‘Hold of! unhand m, gre-bird lūn!’
Efsūnz hiz hand dropt h.
H holdz him wɖ hiz gliṭrñ î—
Ɖ Wedñgest std stl,
N lisnz lîc a ʈri yirz’ ćîld:
Ɖ Marinr hʈ hiz wil.
Ɖ Wedñgest sat on a ston:
H canot ćūz bt hír;
N ɖus speic on ɖt enćnt man,
Ɖ brît-aid Marinr.
‘Ɖ śip wz ćird, ɖ harbr clird,
Meṛli dd w drop
B’lo ɖ crc, b’lo ɖ hil,
B’lo ɖ lîthǎs top.
Ɖ Sún cem p upn ɖ left,
Ǎt v ɖ sì cem h!
N h śon brît, n on ɖ rît
Wnt dǎn intu ɖ sì.
Hayr n hayr evri de,
Tl ovr ɖ māst at nūn—’
Ɖ Wedñgest hir bìt hiz brest,
Fr h hŕd ɖ lǎd bsūn.
Ɖ brîd hʈ pêst intu ɖ hōl,
Red az a rouz z ś;
Nodñ ɖer hedz bfr hr gz
Ɖ meri minstṛlsi.
Ɖ Wedñgest h bìt hiz brest,
Yt h canot ćūz bt hír;
N ɖus speic on ɖt enćnt man,
Ɖ brît-aid Marinr.
N nǎ ɖ STORMBLAST cem, n h
Wz tiṛṇs n stroñ:
H struc wɖ hiz ’rtecñ wñz,
N ćest s sǎʈ alñ.
Wɖ slǒpñ māsts n dipñ prǎ,
Az hu psyd wɖ yel n blo
Stl trédz ɖ śado v hiz fo,
N fwd bndz hiz hed,
Ɖ śip drouv fast, lǎd rord ɖ blast,
N sǎʈẉd ai w fled.
N nǎ ɖr cem bʈ mist n sno,
N it grù wundṛs cold:
N îs, māst-hî, cem flotñ bî,
Az grīn az emṛld.
N ʈru ɖ drifts ɖ snǒi clifts
Dd snd a dizṃl śīn:
Nr śeps v men nr bīsts w cen—
Ɖ îs wz ol btwn.
Ɖ îs wz hir, ɖ îs wz ɖr,
Ɖ îs wz ol arnd:
It cract n grǎld, n rord n hǎld,
Lîc nôzz in a swǎnd!
At leñʈ dd cros an Alḅtrós,
Ʈura ɖ fog it cem;
Az f it hd bn a Crisćn soul,
W hêld it in God’z nem.
It ét ɖ fūd it ner hd īt,
N rnd n rnd it flù.
Ɖ îs dd split wɖ a ʈundrfit;
Ɖ hlmzmn stird s ʈru!
N a gd sǎʈ wind spruñ p bhnd;
Ɖ Alḅtrós dd folo,
N evri de, fr fūd or ple,
Cem t ɖ marinr’z hólo!
In mist or clǎd, on māst or śrǎd,
It prćt fr vsprz nîn;
Ẃlz ol ɖ nît, ʈru fogsmoc ẃît,
Glimrd ɖ ẃît Mūnśîn.’
‘God sev ɖi, enćnt Marinr!
Fṛm ɖ fīndz, ɖt pleg ɖi ɖus!—
Ẃ lc’st ɖǎ so?’—Wɖ mî crosbo
I śot ɖ ALḄTRÓS.
PART II
Ɖ Sún nǎ rouz upn ɖ rît:
Ǎt v ɖ sì cem h,
Stl hid in mist, n on ɖ left
Wnt dǎn intu ɖ sì.
N ɖ gd sǎʈ wind stl blù bhnd,
Bt no swīt brd dd folo,
Nr eni de fr fūd or ple
Cem t ɖ marinr’z hólo!
N I hd dn a heliś ʈñ,
N it wd wrc ’m wo:
Fr ol avŕd, I hd cild ɖ brd
Ɖt md ɖ brīz t blo.
Ā reć! sd ɖe, ɖ brd t sle,
Ɖt md ɖ brīz t blo!
Nr dim nr red, lîc God’z ǒn hed,
Ɖ glorịs Sún uprist:
Ɖen ol avŕd, I hd cild ɖ brd
Ɖt bròt ɖ fog n mist.
’Twas rît, sd ɖe, sć brdz t sle,
Ɖt brñ ɖ fog n mist.
Ɖ fer brīz blù, ɖ ẃît fom flù,
Ɖ furo foloud fri;
W wr ɖ frst ɖt evr brst
Intu ɖt sîḷnt sì.
Dǎn dropt ɖ brīz, ɖ sêlz dropt dǎn,
’Twas sad az sad cd b;
N w dd spīc onli t brec
Ɖ sîḷns v ɖ sì!
Ol in a hot n copr scî,
Ɖ bludi Sún, at nūn,
Rît p abv ɖ māst dd stand,
No bigr ɖn ɖ Mūn.
De aftr de, de aftr de,
W stuc, nr breʈ nr mośn;
Az îdl az a pentd śip
Upn a pentd ośn.
Wōtr, wōtr, evrẃr,
N ol ɖ bordz dd śrinc;
Wōtr, wōtr, evrẃr,
Nr eni drop t drinc.
Ɖ vri dīp dd rot: O Crîst!
Ɖt evr ɖs śd b!
Ye, slîmi ʈñz dd crōl wɖ legz
Upn ɖ slîmi sì.
Abt, abt, in rīl n rǎt
Ɖ deʈfîrz danst at nît;
Ɖ wōtr, lîc a wić’z ôlz,
Brnt grīn, n blu n ẃît.
N sm in drīmz aśurid wr
V ɖ Spirit ɖt plegd s so;
Nîn faɖm dīp h hd foloud s
Fṛm ɖ land v mist n sno.
N evri tuñ, ʈru utr drǎt,
Wz wiɖrd at ɖ rūt;
W cd nt spīc, no mor ɖn f
W hd bn ćoct wɖ st.
Ā! wel a-de! ẃt īvl lcs
Hd I fṛm old n yuñ!
Instd v ɖ cros, ɖ Alḅtrós
Abt mî nec wz huñ.
PART III
Ɖr pást a wiri tîm. Ć ʈrot
Wz parćt, n glezd ć î.
A wiri tîm! a wiri tîm!
Hǎ glezd ć wiri î,
Ẃn lcñ wstẉd, I bheld
A smʈñ in ɖ scî.
At frst it sīmd a litl spec,
N ɖen it sīmd a mist;
It muvd n muvd, n tc at last
A srtn śep, I wist.
A spec, a mist, a śep, I wist!
N stl it nird n nird:
Az f it dojd a wōtrsprît,
It plunjd n táct n vird.
Wɖ ʈrots unslect, wɖ blac lips bect,
W cd nr laf nr weil;
Ʈru utr drǎt ol dum w std!
I bit mî arm, I suct ɖ blud,
N craid, A sêl! a sêl!
Wɖ ʈrots unslect, wɖ blac lips bect,
Agep ɖe hŕd m cōl:
Gṛmrsi! ɖe fr jô dd grin,
N ol at wns ɖer breʈ drù in.
Az ɖe wr drincñ ol.
Si! si! (I craid) ś tacs no mor!
Hiɖr t wrc s wīl;
Wɖt a brīz, wɖt a tîd,
Ś stediz wɖ uprît cīl!
Ɖ wstn wev wz ol a-flem.
Ɖ de wz wel nî dn!
Olmst upn ɖ wstn wev
Restd ɖ brōd brît Sún;
Ẃn ɖt strenj śep drouv sudnli
Btwixt s n ɖ Sún.
N stret ɖ Sún wz fléct wɖ barz,
(Hevn’z Muɖr snd s gres!)
Az f ʈru a dunjngreit h pīrd
Wɖ brōd n brnñ fes.
Alas! (ʈt I, n mî hart bìt lǎd)
Hǎ fast ś nirz n nirz!
R ɖoz hr sêlz ɖt glans in ɖ Sún,
Lîc restlis goṣmirz?
R ɖoz hr ribz ʈru ẃć ɖ Sún
Dd pir, az ʈru a greit?
N z ɖt Wmn ol hr cru?
Z ɖt a DEƮ? n r ɖr tū?
Z DEƮ ɖt wmn’z mêt?
Hr lips wr red, hr lcs wr fri,
Hr locs wr yelo az gold:
Hr scin wz az ẃît az lepṛsi,
Ɖ Nîtmer LÎF-IN-DEƮ wz ś,
Hu ʈics man’z blud wɖ cold.
Ɖ necid hulc alñsd cem,
N ɖ twen wr castñ dîs;
‘Ɖ gem z dn! I’v wún! I’v wún!’
Qoʈ ś, n ẃislz ʈrîs.
Ɖ Sún’z rim dips; ɖ starz ruś ǎt;
At wn strîd cmz ɖ darc;
Wɖ far-hŕd ẃispr, ’r ɖ sì,
Of śot ɖ spectrbàrc.
W lisnd n lct sîdwez p!
Fir at mî hart, az at a cup,
Mî lîfblud sīmd t sip!
Ɖ starz wr dim, n ʈic ɖ nît,
Ɖ stirzmn’z fes bî hiz lamp glīmd ẃît;
Fṛm ɖ sêlz ɖ dȳ dd drip—
Tl clom abv ɖ īstn bar
Ɖ hornid Mūn, wɖ wn brît star
Wɖn ɖ neɖr tip.
Wn aftr wn, bî ɖ star-dogd Mūn,
Tù qc fr gron or sai,
Ć trnd hiz fes wɖ a gastli pañ,
N crst m wɖ hiz î.
For tîmz fifti livñ men,
(N I hŕd nr sai nr gron)
Wɖ hevi ʈump, a lîflis lump,
Ɖe dropt dǎn wn bî wn.
Ɖ soulz dd fṛm ɖer bodiz flî,—
Ɖe fled t blis or wo!
N evri soul, it pást m bî,
Lîc ɖ ẃíz v mî crosbo!
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PART IV
‘I fir ɖi, enćnt Marinr!
I fir ɖî scini hand!
N ɖǎ art loñ, n lanc, n brǎn,
Az z ɖ ribd sìsand.
I fir ɖi n ɖî gliṭrñ î,
N ɖî scini hand, so brǎn.’—
Fir nt, fir nt, ɖǎ Wedñgest!
Ɖs bodi dropt nt dǎn.
Alon, alon, ol, ol alon,
Alon on a wîd wîd sì!
N nvr a sent tc piti on
Mî soul in aġni.
Ɖ mni men, so bytifl!
N ɖe ol ded dd lî:
N a ʈǎznd ʈǎznd slîmi ʈñz
Livd on; n so dd I.
I lct upn ɖ rotñ sì,
N drù mî îz awe;
I lct upn ɖ rotñ dec,
N ɖr ɖ ded men le.
I lct t hevn, n traid t pre;
Bt or evr a prer hd gusht,
A wicid ẃispr cem, n md
Mî hart az drî az dust.
I clozd mî lidz, n cept ɖm clos,
N ɖ bōlz lîc pulsz bìt;
Fr ɖ scî n ɖ sì, n ɖ sì n ɖ scî
Le ded lîc a lod on mî wiri î,
N ɖ ded wr at mî fīt.
Ɖ cold swet mltd fṛm ɖer limz,
Nr rot nr rìc dd ɖe:
Ɖ lc wɖ ẃć ɖe lct on m
Hd nvr pást awe.
An orfn’z crs wd drag t hel
A spirit fṛm on hî;
Bt ǒ! mor hoṛbl ɖn ɖt
Z ɖ crs in a ded man’z î!
Sevn dez, sevn nîts, I sw ɖt crs,
N yt I cd nt dî.
Ɖ muvñ Mūn wnt p ɖ scî,
N no ẃr dd abîd:
Softli ś wz gwñ p,
N a star or tū bsd—
Hr bīmz bemocked ɖ sultri mn,
Lîc Epril hōr-frost spred;
Bt ẃr ɖ śip’s hyj śado le,
Ɖ charmèd wōtr brnt alway
A stl n ōfl red.
Bynd ɖ śado v ɖ śip,
I woćt ɖ wōtr-snecs:
Ɖe muvd in tracs v śînñ ẃît,
N ẃn ɖe rird, ɖ elfish lît
Fél of in hōri flecs.
Wɖn ɖ śado v ɖ śip
I woćt ɖer rić atîr:
Blu, glosi grīn, n velvit blac,
Ɖe côld n swam; n evri trac
Wz a flaś v goldn fîr.
O hapi livñ ʈñz! no tuñ
Ɖer byti mt dcler:
A sprñ v luv guśt fṛm mî hart,
N I blest ɖm unxyxwer:
Śr mî cnd snt c piti on m,
N I blest ɖm unxyxwer.
Ɖ slf-sem momnt I cd pre;
N fṛm mî nec so fri
Ɖ Alḅtrós fél of, n sanc
Lîc led intu ɖ sì.
PART V
Ǒ slīp! it z a jntl ʈñ,
B’luvid fṛm pol t pol!
T Mẹri Qīn ɖ prêz b gvn!
Ś snt ɖ jntl slīp fṛm Hevn,
Ɖt slid intu mî soul.
Ɖ sili bucits on ɖ dec,
Ɖt hd so loñ rmend,
I dremt ɖt ɖe wr fild wɖ dȳ;
N ẃn I awoc, it rênd.
Mî lips wr wet, mî ʈrot wz cold,
Mî garmnts ol wr danc;
Śr I hd druncn in mî drīmz,
N stl mî bodi dranc.
I muvd, n cd nt fīl mî limz:
I wz so lît—olmst
I ʈt ɖt I hd daid in slīp,
N wz a blesid gost.
N sn I hŕd a rorñ wind:
It dd nt cm anir;
Bt wɖ its sǎnd it śc ɖ sêlz,
Ɖt wr so ʈin n sir.
Ɖ upr er brst intu lîf!
N a hundṛd fîrflagz śīn,
T n fro ɖe wr hurid abt!
N t n fro, n in n ǎt,
Ɖ won starz danst btwn.
N ɖ cmñ wind dd ror mor lǎd,
N ɖ sêlz dd sai lîc séj,
N ɖ ren pord dǎn fṛm wn blac clǎd;
Ɖ Mūn wz at its éj.
Ɖ ʈic blac clǎd wz cleft, n stl
Ɖ Mūn wz at its sîd:
Lîc wōtrz śot fṛm sm hî crag,
Ɖ lîtnñ fél wɖ nvr a jag,
A rivr stīp n wîd.
Ɖ lǎd wind nvr rīćt ɖ śip,
Yt nǎ ɖ śip muvd on!
Bnʈ ɖ lîtnñ n ɖ Mūn
Ɖ ded men gev a gron.
Ɖe grond, ɖe strd, ɖe ol uprouz,
Nr speic, nr muvd ɖer îz;
It hd bn strenj, īvn in a drīm,
T hv sìn ɖoz ded men rîz.
Ɖ hlmzmn stird, ɖ śip muvd on;
Yt nvr a brīz upblù;
Ɖ marinrz ol ’gan wrc ɖ rops,
Ẃr ɖe wr wónt t d;
Ɖe rezd ɖer limz lîc lîflis tūlz—
W wr a gastli cru.
Ɖ bodi v mî bruɖr’z sun
Std bî m, ni t ni:
Ɖ bodi n I pld at wn rop,
Bt h sd nòt t m.
‘I fir ɖi, enćnt Marinr!’
B cām, ɖǎ Wedñgest!
’Twas nt ɖoz soulz ɖt fled in pen,
Ẃć t ɖer còrsz cem agn,
Bt a trūp v spirits blest:
Fr ẃn it dōnd—ɖe dropt ɖer armz,
N clustrd rnd ɖ māst;
Swīt sǎndz rouz slǒli ʈru ɖer mǎɖz,
N fṛm ɖer bodiz pást.
Arnd, arnd, flù ć swīt sǎnd,
Ɖen dartd t ɖ Sún;
Slǒli ɖ sǎndz cem bac agn,
Nǎ mixt, nǎ wn bî wn.
Smtmz a-dropñ fṛm ɖ scî
I hŕd ɖ scîlarc sñ;
Smtmz ol litl brdz ɖt r,
Hǎ ɖe sīmd t fil ɖ sì n er
Wɖ ɖer swīt jarġnñ!
N nǎ ’twas lîc ol instṛmnts,
Nǎ lîc a lonli flūt;
N nǎ it z an enjl’z soñ,
Ɖt mcs ɖ hevnz b ḿt.
It sīst; yt stl ɖ sêlz md on
A pleznt nôz tl nūn,
A nôz lîc v a hidn brŭc
In ɖ līfi munʈ v Jūn,
Ɖt t ɖ slīpñ wŭdz ol nît
Sñiʈ a qayt tyn.
Tl nūn w qaytli sêld on,
Yt nvr a brīz dd briɖ:
Slǒli n smuɖli wnt ɖ śip,
Muvd onẉd fṛm bnʈ.
Undr ɖ cīl nîn faɖm dīp,
Fṛm ɖ land v mist n sno,
Ɖ spirit slid: n it wz h
Ɖt md ɖ śip t g.
Ɖ sêlz at nūn left of ɖer tyn,
N ɖ śip std stil olso.
Ɖ Sún, rît p abv ɖ māst,
Hd fixt hr t ɖ ośn:
Bt in a minit ś ’gan str,
Wɖ a śort unīzi mośn—
Bcwdz n fwdz haf hr leñʈ
Wɖ a śort unīzi mośn.
Ɖen lîc a pw̃ hors let g,
Ś md a sudn bǎnd:
It fluñ ɖ blud intu mî hed,
N I fél dǎn in a swǎnd.
Hǎ loñ in ɖt sem fit I le,
I hv nt t dcler;
Bt e’r mî livñ lîf rtrnd,
I hŕd n in mî soul dsrnd
Tū vôsz in ɖ er.
‘Z it h?’ qoʈ wn, ‘Z ɖs ɖ man?
Bî him hu daid on cros,
Wɖ hiz cruwl bo h leid fl lo
Ɖ harmlis Alḅtrós.
Ɖ spirit hu bîdiʈ bî himslf
In ɖ land v mist n sno,
H luvd ɖ brd ɖt luvd ɖ man
Hu śot him wɖ hiz bo.’
Ɖ uɖr wz a softr vôs,
Az soft az hunidȳ:
Qoʈ h, ‘Ɖ man hʈ penns dn,
N penns mor wil d.’
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PART VI
Frst Vôs
‘Bt tel m, tel m! spīc agn,
Ɖî soft rspons rnywñ—
Ẃt mcs ɖt śip drîv on so fast?
Ẃt z ɖ ośn dwñ?’
Secnd Vôs
Stl az a slev bfr hiz lord,
Ɖ ośn hʈ no blast;
Hiz gret brît î most sîḷntli
P t ɖ Mūn z cast—
F h me nǒ ẃć we t g;
Fr ś gîdz him smuɖ or grim.
Si, bruɖr, si! hǎ greśsli
Ś lciʈ dǎn on him.’
Frst Vôs
‘Bt ẃ drîvz on ɖt śip so fast,
Wɖt or wev or wind?’
Secnd Vôs
‘Ɖ er z cut awe bfr,
N clozz fṛm bhnd.
Flî, bruɖr, flî! mor hî, mor hî!
Or w śl b b’letd:
Fr slo n slo ɖt śip wil g,
Ẃn ɖ Marinr’z trans z abeitd.’
I wouc, n w wr sêlñ on
Az in a jntl weɖr:
’Twas nît, cām nît, ɖ mūn wz hî;
Ɖ ded men std tgɖr.
Ol std tgɖr on ɖ dec,
Fr a ćarnldunjn fitr:
Ol fixt on m ɖer stoni îz,
Ɖt in ɖ Mūn dd glitr.
Ɖ pañ, ɖ crs, wɖ ẃć ɖe daid,
Hd nvr pást awe:
I cd nt drw mî îz fṛm ɖerz,
Nr trn ɖm p t pre.
N nǎ ɖs spel wz snapt: wns mor
I vyd ɖ ośn grīn,
N lct far fʈ, yt litl sw
V ẃt hd els bn sìn—
Lîc wn, ɖt on a lonsm rod
Dʈ wōc in fir n dred,
N hvñ wns trnd rnd wōcs on,
N trnz no mor hiz hed;
Bcz h nz, a frîtfl fīnd
Dʈ clos bhnd him tréd.
Bt sn ɖr briɖd a wind on m,
Nr sǎnd nr mośn md:
Its paʈ wz nt upn ɖ sì,
In ripl or in śêd.
It rezd mî her, it fand mî ćīc
Lîc a medogel v sprñ—
It mngld strenjli wɖ mî firz,
Yt it flt lîc a welcmñ.
Swiftli, swiftli flù ɖ śip,
Yt ś sêld softli tù:
Swītli, swītli blù ɖ brīz—
On m alon it blù.
Ǒ! drīm v jô! z ɖs indd
Ɖ lîthǎs top I si?
Z ɖs ɖ hil? z ɖs ɖ crc?
Z ɖs mîn ǒn cuntrī?
W driftd ’r ɖ harbrbar,
N I wɖ sobz dd pre—
O let m b awec, mî God!
Or let m slīp olwe.
Ɖ harbrbê wz clir az glas,
So smuɖli it wz strùn!
N on ɖ be ɖ mūnlît le,
N ɖ śado v ɖ Mūn.
Ɖ roc śon brît, ɖ crc no les,
Ɖt standz abv ɖ roc:
Ɖ mūnlît stīpt in sîḷntnis
Ɖ stedi weɖrcoc.
N ɖ be wz ẃît wɖ sîḷnt lît,
Tl rîzñ fṛm ɖ sem,
Fl mni śeps, ɖt śadoz wr,
In crimzn culrz cem.
A litl distns fṛm ɖ prǎ
Ɖoz crimzn śadoz wr:
I trnd mî îz upn ɖ dec—
Ǒ, Crîst! ẃt sw I ɖr!
Ć còrs le flat, lîflis n flat,
N, bî ɖ holi rȕd!
A man ol lît, a seṛfman,
On evri còrs ɖr std.
Ɖs seṛfband, ć wevd hiz hand:
It wz a hevnli sît!
Ɖe std az signlz t ɖ land,
Ć wn a luvli lît;
Ɖs seṛfband, ć wevd hiz hand,
No vôs dd ɖe impart—
No vôs; bt ǒ! ɖ sîḷns sanc
Lîc ḿzic on mî hart.
Bt sn I hŕd ɖ daś v òrz,
I hŕd ɖ Pîḷt’s ćir;
Mî hed wz trnd pfors awe
N I sw a bot apir.
Ɖ Pîḷt n ɖ Pîḷt’s bô,
I hŕd ɖm cmñ fast:
Dir Lord in Hevn! it wz a jô
Ɖ ded men cd nt blast.
I sw a ʈrd—I hŕd hiz vôs:
It z ɖ Hrmit gd!
H sñiʈ lǎd hiz godli hímz
Ɖt h mcs in ɖ wŭd.
H’l śrīv mî soul, h’l woś awe
Ɖ Alḅtrós’z blud.
PART VII
Ɖs Hrmit gd livz in ɖt wŭd
Ẃć slǒps dǎn t ɖ sì.
Hǎ lǎdli hiz swīt vôs h rirz!
H luvz t tōc wɖ maṛnirz
Ɖt cm fṛm a far cuntrī.
H nīlz at morn, n nūn, n īv—
H hʈ a cŭśn plump:
It z ɖ mos ɖt hoļi hîdz
Ɖ rotd old ocstump.
Ɖ scifbot nird: I hŕd ɖm tōc,
‘Ẃ, ɖs z strenj, I tro!
Ẃr r ɖoz lîts so mni n fer,
Ɖt signl md bt nǎ?’
‘Strenj, bî mî feʈ!’ ɖ Hrmit sd—
‘N ɖe ansrd nt ǎr ćir!
Ɖ plancs lct worpt! n si ɖoz sêlz,
Hǎ ʈin ɖe r n sir!
I nvr sw ōt lîc t ɖm,
Unls pćans it wr
Brǎn scelitnz v līvz ɖt lag
Mî foristbrŭc alñ;
Ẃn ɖ îvitód z hevi wɖ sno,
N ɖ ǎlit ẃūps t ɖ wlf b’lo,
Ɖt īts ɖ śīwlf’s yuñ.’
‘Dir Lord! it hʈ a fīndiś lc—
(Ɖ Pîḷt md rplî)
I am afird’—’Pś on, pś on!’
Sd ɖ Hrmit ćiṛli.
Ɖ bot cem closr t ɖ śip,
Bt I nr speic nr strd;
Ɖ bot cem clos bnʈ ɖ śip,
N stret a sǎnd wz hŕd.
Undr ɖ wōtr it rumbld on,
Stl lǎdr n mor dred:
It rīćt ɖ śip, it split ɖ be;
Ɖ śip wnt dǎn lîc led.
Stund bî ɖt lǎd n dredfl sǎnd,
Ẃć scî n ośn smout,
Lîc wn ɖt hʈ bn sevn dez drǎnd
Mî bodi le aflot;
Bt swift az drīmz, mslf I faund
Wɖn ɖ Pîḷt’s bot.
Upn ɖ ẃrl, ẃr sanc ɖ śip,
Ɖ bot spun rnd n rnd;
N ol wz stil, sev ɖt ɖ hil
Wz telñ v ɖ sǎnd.
I muvd mî lips—ɖ Pîḷt śrīct
N fél dǎn in a fit;
Ɖ holi Hrmit rezd hiz îz,
N preid ẃr h dd sit.
I tc ɖ òrz: ɖ Pîḷt’s bô,
Hu nǎ dʈ crezi g,
Laft lǎd n loñ, n ol ɖ ẃl
Hiz îz wnt t n fro.
‘Ha! ha!’ qoʈ h, ‘fl plen I si,
Ɖ Devl nz hǎ t ro.’
N nǎ, ol in mî ǒn cuntrī,
I std on ɖ frm land!
Ɖ Hrmit stept fʈ fṛm ɖ bot,
N scersli h cd stand.
‘O śrīv m, śrīv m, holi man!’
Ɖ Hrmit crost hiz brǎ.
‘Se qc,’ qoʈ h, ‘I bid ɖi se—
Ẃt manr v man art ɖǎ?’
Fʈwʈ ɖs frem v mîn wz renćt
Wɖ a wôfl aġni,
Ẃć forst m t bgin mî têl;
N ɖen it left m fri.
Sins ɖen, at an unsrtn aur,
Ɖt aġni rtrnz:
N tl mî gastli têl z tld,
Ɖs hart wɖn m brnz.
I pas, lîc nît, fṛm land t land;
I hv strenj pǎr v spīć;
Ɖt momnt ɖt hiz fes I si,
I nǒ ɖ man ɖt mst hír m:
T him mî têl I tīć.
Ẃt lǎd upror brsts fṛm ɖt dor!
Ɖ Wedñgests r ɖr:
Bt in ɖ gardnbǎr ɖ brîd
N brîdmeidz sññ r:
N harc ɖ litl vesprbel,
Ẃć bidiʈ m t prer!
O Wedñgest! ɖs soul hʈ bn
Alon on a wîd wîd sì:
So lonli ’twas, ɖt God himslf
Scers sīmid ɖr t b.
O swītr ɖn ɖ marijfīst,
’tiz swītr far t m,
T wōc tgɖr t ɖ crc
Wɖ a gdli cumṗni!—
T wōc tgɖr t ɖ crc,
N ol tgɖr pre,
Ẃl ć t hiz gret Faɖr bndz,
Old men, n bebz, n luvñ frendz
N yuɖz n meidnz ge!
Férwel, férwel! bt ɖs I tel
T ɖi, ɖǎ Wedñgest!
H prêiʈ wel, hu luviʈ wel
Bʈ man n brd n bīst.
H prêiʈ bst, hu luviʈ bst
Ol ʈñz bʈ gret n smōl;
Fr ɖ dir God hu luviʈ s,
H md n luviʈ ol.
Ɖ Marinr, huz î z brît,
Huz bird wɖ ej z hōr,
Z gn: n nǎ ɖ Wedñgest
Trnd fṛm ɖ brîdgrūm’z dor.
H wnt lîc wn ɖt hʈ bn stund,
N z v sns f’lorn:
A sadr n a wîzr man,
H rouz ɖ moro morn.