Ẃn I am ded, mî dirist,
Sñ no sad soñz fr m;
Plant ɖǎ no rozz at mî hed,
Nr śêdi sîpristrī:
B ɖ grīn gras abv m
Wɖ śǎrz n dȳdrops wet;
N f ɖǎ wilt, rmembr,
N f ɖǎ wilt, fget.
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I śl nt si ɖ śadoz,
I śl nt fīl ɖ ren;
I śl nt hír ɖ nîtngel
Sñ on, az f in pen:
N drīmñ ʈru ɖ twîlît
Ɖt dʈ nt rîz nr set,
Hapli I me rmembr,
N hapli me fget.
Mornñ n īvnñ Meidz hŕd ɖ goblinz crî: “Cm bai ǎr orć̣dfrūts, Cm bai, cm bai: Aplz n qinsz, Lemnz n oṛnjz, Plump unpect ćeriz, Meḷnz n razḅriz, Blūm-dǎn-ćīct pīćz, Swart-hedd mulḅriz, Wîld fri-born cranḅriz, Crab-aplz, dȳḅriz, Pîn-aplz, blacḅriz, Epṛcóts, strwḅriz;— Ol rîp tgɖr In sumrweɖr,— Mornz ɖt pas bî, Fer īvz ɖt flî; Cm bai, cm bai: Ǎr greps freś fṛm ɖ vîn, Poṃgranits fl n fîn, Dets n śarp bŭḷsz, Rer pérz n grīngejz, Damznz n bilḅriz, Test ɖm n trî: Cúṛnts n gūzḅriz, Brît fîrlîc barḅriz, Figz t fil yr mǎʈ, Sitṛnz fṛm ɖ Sǎʈ, Swīt t tuñ n sǎnd t î; Cm bai, cm bai.”
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Īvnñ bî īvnñ Amñ ɖ brŭcsîd ruśz, Lora baud hr hed t hír, Lizi veild hr bluśz: Crǎćñ clos tgɖr In ɖ cūlñ weɖr, Wɖ claspñ armz n cōṣ́nñ lips, Wɖ tnġlñ ćīcs n fngrtips. “Lî clos,” Lora sd, Pricñ p hr goldn hed: “W mst nt lc at goblinmen, W mst nt bai ɖer frūts: Hu nz upn ẃt sôl ɖe féd Ɖer hungri ʈrsti rūts?” “Cm bai,” cōl ɖ goblinz Hoḅlñ dǎn ɖ glen.
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“Ǒ,” craid Lizi, “Lora, Lora, Y śd nt pīp at goblinmen.” Lizi cuvrd p hr îz, Cuvrd clos lest ɖe śd lc; Lora rird hr glosi hed, N ẃisprd lîc ɖ restlis brŭc: “Lc, Lizi, lc, Lizi, Dǎn ɖ glen tramp litl men. Wn hōlz a bascit, Wn berz a plet, Wn lugz a goldn diś V mni pǎndz weit. Hǎ fer ɖ vîn mst gro Huz greps r so luśs; Hǎ worm ɖ wind mst blo Ʈru ɖoz frūt-bśz.” “No,” sd Lizi, “No, no, no; Ɖer ofrz śd nt ćarm s, Ɖer īvl giſts wd harm s.” Ś ʈrust a dimpld fngr In ć ir, śut îz n ran: Krịs Lora ćouz t lingr Wunḍrñ at ć mrćntman. Wn hd a cat’s fes, Wn ẃisct a teil, Wn tramt at a rat’s pes, Wn crōld lîc a snel, Wn lîc a wombat prǎld obtys n fŕi, Wn lîc a rêtl tumbld huri-scuri. Ś hŕd a vôs lîc vôs v duvz Cuwñ ol tgɖr: Ɖe sǎndd cînd n fl v luvz In ɖ pleznt weɖr.
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Lora strećt hr glīmñ nec Lîc a ruś-imbedd swon, Lîc a lili fṛm ɖ béc, Lîc a mūnlit popḷrbranć, Lîc a vesl at ɖ lōnć Ẃn its last rstrent z gn.
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Bcwdz p ɖ mosi glen Trnd n trūpt ɖ goblin men, Wɖ ɖer śril rpitd crî, “Cm bai, cm bai.” Ẃn ɖe rīćt ẃr Lora wz Ɖe std stoc stil upn ɖ mos, Lirñ at ć uɖr, Bruɖr wɖ qir bruɖr; Sigṇlñ ć uɖr, Bruɖr wɖ slî bruɖr. Wn set hiz bascit dǎn, Wn rird hiz plet; Wn bgan t wīv a crǎn V tndṛlz, līvz, n ruf nuts brǎn (Men sel nt sć in eni tǎn); Wn hīvd ɖ goldn weit V diś n frūt t ofr hr: “Cm bai, cm bai,” wz stl ɖer crî. Lora stérd bt dd nt str, Loñd bt hd no muni: Ɖ ẃisc-teild mrćnt bád hr test In tonz az smuɖ az huni, Ɖ cat-fest prd, Ɖ rat-fest spouc a wrd V welcm, n ɖ snel-pêst īvn wz hŕd; Wn paṛt-vôst n joli Craid “Priti Goblin” stl fr “Priti Poli;”— Wn ẃisld lîc a brd.
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Bt swīt-tuʈ Lora spouc in hest: “Gd foc, I hv no côn; T tec wr t prlôn: I hv no copr in mî prs, I hv no silvr îɖr, N ol mî gold z on ɖ frz Ɖt śecs in windi weɖr Abv ɖ rusti heɖr.” “Y hv mć gold upn yr hed,” Ɖe ansrd ol tgɖr: “Bai fṛm s wɖ a goldn crl.” Ś clipt a preśs goldn loc, Ś dropt a tir mor rer ɖn prl, Ɖen suct ɖer frūtglobz fer or red: Swītr ɖn huni fṛm ɖ roc, Strongr ɖn man-rjôsñ wîn, Clirr ɖn wōtr floud ɖt jūs; Ś nvr testd sć bfr, Hǎ śd it clô wɖ leñʈ v ys? Ś suct n suct n suct ɖ mor Frūts ẃć ɖt uņoun orć̣d bòr; Ś suct untl hr lips wr sor; Ɖen fluñ ɖ emtid rîndz awe Bt gaɖrd p wn crṇlston, N ń nt wz it nît or de Az ś trnd hom alon.
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Lizi met hr at ɖ get Fl v wîz upbrêdñz: “Dir, y śd nt ste so lêt, Twîlît z nt gd fr meidnz; Śd nt lôtr in ɖ glen In ɖ hōnts v goblinmen. D y nt rmembr Jīni, Hǎ ś met ɖm in ɖ mūnlît, Tc ɖer giſts bʈ ćôs n mni, Ét ɖer frūts n wòr ɖer flǎrz Pluct fṛm bǎrz Ẃr sumr rîpnz at ol aurz? Bt evr in ɖ nūnlît Ś pînd n pînd awe; Sòt ɖm bî nît n de, Faund ɖm no mor, bt dwindld n grù gre; Ɖen fél wɖ ɖ frst sno, Ẃl t ɖs de no gras wl gro Ẃr ś lîz lo: I plantd deiziz ɖr a yir ago Ɖt nvr blo. Y śd nt lôtr so.” “Nê, huś,” sd Lora: “Nê, huś, mî sistr: I ét n ét mî fil, Yt mî mǎʈ wōtrz stl; Tmoro nît I wl Bai mor;” n cist hr: “Hv dn wɖ soro; I’l brñ y plumz tmoro Freś on ɖer muɖrtwigz, Ćeriz wrʈ gtñ; Y canot ʈnc ẃt figz Mî tīʈ hv met in, Ẃt meḷnz îsi-cold Pîld on a diś v gold Tù hyj fr m t hold, Ẃt pīćz wɖ a velvit nap, P’lūsid greps wɖt wn sīd: Odṛs indd mst b ɖ mīd Ẃr-on ɖe gro, n pyr ɖ wev ɖe drinc Wɖ liliz at ɖ brinc, N śŭgr-swīt ɖer sap.”
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Goldn hed bî goldn hed, Lîc tū pijinz in wn nst Foldd in ć uɖr’z wñz, Ɖe le dǎn in ɖer crtnd bed: Lîc tū blosmz on wn stem, Lîc tū flecs v ny-fōḷn sno, Lîc tū wondz v îṿri Tipt wɖ gold fr ōfl cñz. Mūn n starz gezd in at ɖm, Wind sañ t ɖm luḷbî, Lumḅrñ ǎlz forbòr t flî, Nt a bat flapt t n fro Rnd ɖer rest: Ćīc t ćīc n brest t brest Loct tgɖr in wn nst.
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Rli in ɖ mornñ Ẃn ɖ frst coc croud hiz wornñ, Nīt lîc bìz, az swīt n bizi, Lora rouz wɖ Lizi: Fećt in huni, milct ɖ cǎz, Erd n set t rîts ɖ hǎs, Nȉdd cecs v ẃîtist ẃīt, Cecs fr denti mǎɖz t īt, Nxt ćrnd butr, ẃipt p crīm, Féd ɖer poltri, sat n soud; Tōct az modist meidnz śd: Lizi wɖ an opn hart, Lora in an absnt drīm, Wn cntnt, wn sic in part; Wn worḅlñ fr ɖ mir brît de’z dlît, Wn loññ fr ɖ nît.
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At leñʈ slo īvnñ cem: Ɖe wnt wɖ pićrz t ɖ rìdi brŭc; Lizi most plasid in hr lc, Lora most lîc a līpñ flem. Ɖe drù ɖ grġlñ wōtr fṛm its dīp; Lizi pluct prpl n rić goldn flagz, Ɖen trnñ homẉd sd: “Ɖ súnset fluśz Ɖoz frɖist loſtiist cragz; Cm, Lora, nt anɖr meidn lagz. No wilfl sqiṛl wagz, Ɖ bīsts n brdz r fast aslip.” Bt Lora lôtrd stl amñ ɖ ruśz N sd ɖ banc wz stīp.
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N sd ɖ aur wz rli stl Ɖ dȳ nt fōḷn, ɖ wind nt ćil; Liṣnñ evr, bt nt caćñ Ɖ custmri crî, “Cm bai, cm bai,” Wɖ its iṭretd jngl V śŭgr-bêtd wrdz: Nt fr ol hr woćñ Wns dsrnñ īvn wn goblin Rêsñ, ẃiscñ, tumḅlñ, hoḅlñ; Let alon ɖ hŕdz Ɖt yst t tramp alñ ɖ glen, In grūps or sngl, V brisc frūtmrćnt men.
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Tl Lizi rjd, “O Lora, cm; I hír ɖ frūtcōl bt I der nt lc: Y śd nt lôtr longr at ɖs brŭc: Cm wɖ m hom. Ɖ starz rîz, ɖ mūn bndz hr arc, Ć glǒwrm wncs hr sparc, Let s gt hom bfr ɖ nît groz darc: Fr clǎdz me gaɖr Ɖo ɖs z sumrweɖr, Pt ǎt ɖ lîts n drenć s ʈru; Ɖen f w lost ǎr we ẃt śd w d?”
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Lora trnd cold az ston T fînd hr sistr hŕd ɖt crî alon, Ɖt goblin crî, “Cm bai ǎr frūts, cm bai.” Mst ś ɖen bai no mor sć denti frūt? Mst ś no mor sć suc̣s pasćr fînd, Gn def n blînd? Hr tri v lîf drūpt fṛm ɖ rūt: Ś sd nt wn wrd in hr hart’s sor ec; Bt pirñ ʈru ɖ dimnis, nòt dsrnñ, Trujd hom, hr pićr dripñ ol ɖ we; So crept t bed, n le Sîḷnt tl Lizi slept; Ɖen sat p in a paśṇt yrnñ, N náśt hr tīʈ fr bōlct dzîr, n wept Az f hr hart wd brec.
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De aſtr de, nît aſtr nît, Lora cept woć in ven In suḷn sîḷns v xidñ pen. Ś nvr còt agn ɖ goblincrî: “Cm bai, cm bai;”— Ś nvr spaid ɖ goblinmen Hōcñ ɖer frūts alñ ɖ glen: Bt ẃn ɖ nūn waxt brît Hr her grù ʈin n gre; Ś dwindld, az ɖ fer fl mūn duʈ trn T swiſt dce n brn Hr fîr awe.
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Wn de rmemḅrñ hr crṇlston Ś set it bî a wōl ɖt fest ɖ sǎʈ; Dȳd it wɖ tirz, hopt fr a rūt, Woćt fr a waxñ śūt, Bt ɖr cem nn; It nvr sw ɖ sún, It nvr flt ɖ tric̣lñ môsćr run: Ẃl wɖ sunc îz n fedd mǎʈ Ś dremt v meḷnz, az a travlr siz Fōls wevz in deẓtdrǎʈ Wɖ śêd v līf-crǎnd triz, N brnz ɖ ʈrstịr in ɖ sandfl brīz.
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Ś no mor swept ɖ hǎs, Tndd ɖ faulz or cǎz, Fećt huni, nȉdd cecs v ẃīt, Bròt wōtr fṛm ɖ brŭc: Bt sat dǎn listlis in ɖ ćimni-nc N wd nt īt.
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Tndr Lizi cd nt ber T woć hr sistr’z cancṛs cer Yt nt t śer. Ś nît n mornñ Còt ɖ goblinz’ crî: “Cm bai ǎr orć̣dfrūts, Cm bai, cm bai;”— Bsd ɖ brŭc, alñ ɖ glen, Ś hŕd ɖ tramp v goblinmen, Ɖ yoc n str Pur Lora cd nt hír; Loñd t bai frūt t cumf̣t hr, Bt fird t pe tù dir. Ś ʈt v Jīni in hr grev, Hu śd hv bn a brîd; Bt hu fr jôz brîdz hop t hv Fél sic n daid In hr ge prîm, In rliist wintrtîm Wɖ ɖ frst glezñ raim, Wɖ ɖ frst snǒfōl v crisp wintrtîm.
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Tl Lora dwindlñ Sīmd nocñ at Deʈ’z dor: Ɖen Lizi weid no mor Betr n wrs; Bt pt a silvr peni in hr prs, Cist Lora, crost ɖ hīʈ wɖ clumps v frz At twîlît, hōltd bî ɖ brŭc: N fr ɖ frst tîm in hr lîf Bgan t lisn n lc.
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Laft evri goblin Ẃn ɖe spaid hr pīpñ: Cem twdz hr hoḅlñ, Flayñ, runñ, līpñ, Pufñ n blowñ, Ćuc̣lñ, clapñ, crowñ, Clucñ n goḅlñ, Mopñ n mowñ, Fl v erz n gresz, Pŭlñ rai fesz, Dḿr griṃsz, Catlîc n ratlîc, Rêtl- n wombatlîc, Snel-pêst in a huri, Paṛt-vôst n ẃislr, Heltr-sceltr, huri scuri, Ćaṭrñ lîc magpîz, Fluṭrñ lîc pijinz, Glîdñ lîc fiśz,— Hugd hr n cist hr: Squizd n c’rest hr: Strećt p ɖer diśz, Pańrz, n plets: “Lc at ǎr aplz Rusit n dun, Bob at ǎr ćeriz, Bît at ǎr pīćz, Sitṛnz n dets, Greps fr ɖ ascñ, Pérz red wɖ bascñ Ǎt in ɖ sún, Plumz on ɖer twigz; Pluc ɖm n suc ɖm, Poṃgranits, figz.”—
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“Gd foc,” sd Lizi, Mîndfl v Jīni: “Gv m mć n mni”: — Hld ǎt hr epṛn, Tóst ɖm hr peni. “Nê, tec a sīt wɖ s, Onr n īt wɖ s,” Ɖe ansrd grinñ: “Ǎr fīst z bt bginñ. Nît yt z rli, Worm n dȳ-prli, Wecfl n stari: Sć frūts az ɖz No man cn cari: Haf ɖer blūm wd flî, Haf ɖer dȳ wd drî, Haf ɖer flevr wd pas bî. Sit dǎn n fīst wɖ s, B welcm gest wɖ s, Ćir y n rest wɖ s.”— “Ʈanc y,” sd Lizi: “Bt wn wêts At hom alon fr m: So wɖt frɖr parliyñ, F y wl nt sel m eni V yr frūts ɖo mć n mni, Gv m bac mî silvr peni I tóst y fr a fi.”— Ɖe bgan t scrać ɖer pêts, No longr wagñ, pŕñ, Bt viẓbli dḿrñ, Gruntñ n snarlñ. Wn cōld hr prǎd, Cros-grend, unsivl; Ɖer tonz waxt lǎd, Ɖer lcs wr īvl. Laśñ ɖer teilz Ɖe trod n husld hr, Elboud n josld hr, Clòd wɖ ɖer nêlz, Barcñ, ḿwñ, hisñ, mocñ, Tòr hr gǎn n sôld hr stocñ, Twićt hr her ǎt bî ɖ rūts, Stamt upn hr tndr fīt, Hld hr handz n sqizd ɖer frūts Agnst hr mǎʈ t mc hr īt.
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Ẃît n goldn Lizi std, Lîc a lili in a flud,— Lîc a roc v blu-veind ston Laśt bî tîdz obstrepṛsli,— Lîc a bīcn leſt alon In a hōri rorñ sì, Sndñ p a goldn fîr,— Lîc a frūt-crǎnd orinjtrī Ẃît wɖ blosmz huni-swīt Sor bset bî wosp n bì,— Lîc a royl vrjin tǎn Topt wɖ gíldd dom n spîr Clos b’līgrd bî a flīt Mad t tug hr standd dǎn.
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Wn me līd a hors t wōtr, Twenti canot mc him drinc. Ɖo ɖ goblinz cuft n còt hr, Cǒxt n fòt hr, Bŭlid n bsōt hr, Scraćt hr, pinćt hr blac az ñc, Cict n noct hr, Mōld n moct hr, Lizi utrd nt a wrd; Wd nt opn lip fṛm lip Lest ɖe śd cram a mǎʈfl in: Bt laft in hart t fīl ɖ drip V jūs ɖt siṛpt ol hr fes, N lojd in dimplz v hr ćin, N strīct hr nec ẃć qect lîc crd. At last ɖ īvl ppl, Wòrn ǎt bî hr rzistns, Fluñ bac hr peni, cict ɖer frūt Alñ ẃćvr rod ɖe tc, Nt līvñ rūt or ston or śūt; Sm rîɖd intu ɖ grǎnd, Sm dîvd intu ɖ brŭc Wɖ rñ n ripl, Sm scudd on ɖ gel wɖt a sǎnd, Sm vaniśt in ɖ distns.
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In a smart, ec, tngl, Lizi wnt hr we; Ń nt wz it nît or de; Sprañ p ɖ banc, tòr ʈru ɖ frz, Ʈredd cops n dngl, N hŕd hr peni jngl Bǎnsñ in hr prs,— Its bǎns wz ḿzic t hr ir. Ś ran n ran Az f ś fird sm goblinman Dogd hr wɖ jîb or crs Or smʈñ wrs: Bt nt wn goblin scurid aſtr, Nr wz ś prict bî fir; Ɖ cînd hart md hr windi-pêst Ɖt rjd hr hom qt ǎt v breʈ wɖ hest N inwd laſtr.
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Ś craid, “Lora,” p ɖ gardn, “Dd y mis m? Cm n cis m. Nvr mînd mî bruzz, Hug m, cis m, suc mî jūsz Sqizd fṛm goblinfrūts fr y, Goblinpulp n goblindȳ. Īt m, drinc m, luv m; Lora, mc mć v m; Fr yr sec I hv brevd ɖ glen N hd t d wɖ goblin mrćntmen.”
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Lora startd fṛm hr ćer, Fluñ hr armz p in ɖ er, Clućt hr her: “Lizi, Lizi, hv y testd Fr mî sec ɖ frūt fbidn? Mst yr lît lîc mîn b hidn, Yr yuñ lîf lîc mîn b westd, Undun in mîn unduwñ, N ruind in mî ruin, Ʈrsti, cancrd, goblin-ridn?”— Ś cluñ abt hr sistr, Cist n cist n cist hr: Tirz wns agn Rfreśt hr śruncn îz, Dropñ lîc ren Aſtr loñ sultri drǎʈ; Śecñ wɖ anḡś, fir, n pen, Ś cist n cist hr wɖ a hungri mǎʈ.
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Hr lips bgan t scorć, Ɖt jūs wz wrmwŭd t hr tuñ, Ś loɖd ɖ fīst: Rîɖñ az wn pzest ś lept n suñ, Rént ol hr rǒb, n rúñ Hr handz in l’mntbl hest, N bìt hr brest. Hr locs strīmd lîc ɖ torć Bòrn bî a rêsr at fl spīd, Or lîc ɖ mein v horsz in ɖer flît, Or lîc an īgl ẃn ś stemz ɖ lît Stret twd ɖ sún, Or lîc a cejd ʈñ frìd, Or lîc a flayñ flag ẃn armiz run.
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Swiſt fîr spred ʈru hr veinz,
noct at hr hart,
Met ɖ fîr smolḍrñ ɖr N oṿbòr its lesr flem; Ś gorjd on bitrnis wɖt a nem: Ā! fūl, t ćūz sć part V soul-cnsymñ cer! Sns feld in ɖ mortl strîf: Lîc ɖ woćtǎr v a tǎn Ẃć an rʈqec śatrz dǎn, Lîc a lîtnñ-stricn māst, Lîc a wînd-uprūtd tri Spun abt, Lîc a fom-topt wōtrspǎt Cast dǎn hedloñ in ɖ sì, Ś fél at last; Pleźr past n anḡś past, Z it deʈ or z it lîf?
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Lîf ǎt v deʈ. Ɖt nît loñ Lizi woćt bî hr, Cǎntd hr puls’z flagñ str, Flt fr hr breʈ, Hld wōtr t hr lips, n cūld hr fes Wɖ tirz n fanñ līvz: Bt ẃn ɖ frst brdz ćrpt abt ɖer īvz, N rli rīprz plodd t ɖ ples V goldn śīvz, N dȳ-wet gras Baud in ɖ mornñwindz so brisc t pas, N ny budz wɖ ny de Opnd v cup-lîc liliz on ɖ strīm, Lora awouc az fṛm a drīm, Laft in ɖ iṇsnt old we, Hugd Lizi bt nt twîs or ʈrîs; Hr glīmñ locs śoud nt wn ʈred v gre, Hr breʈ wz swīt az Me N lît danst in hr îz.
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Dez, wīcs, munʈs, yirz Aſtwdz, ẃn bʈ wr wîvz Wɖ ćildṛn v ɖer ǒn; Ɖer muɖrhārts bset wɖ firz, Ɖer lîvz bǎnd p in tndr lîvz; Lora wd cōl ɖ litl wnz N tel ɖm v hr rli prîm, Ɖoz pleznt dez loñ gn V nt-rtrnñ tîm: Wd tōc abt ɖ hōntd glen, Ɖ wicid, qent frūtmrćnt men, Ɖer frūts lîc huni t ɖ ʈrot Bt pôzn in ɖ blud; (Men sel nt sć in eni tǎn): Wd tel ɖm hǎ hr sistr std In dedli peṛl t d hr gd, N win ɖ fîri antidǒt: Ɖen jônñ handz t litl handz Wd bid ɖm clñ tgɖr, “Fr ɖr z no frend lîc a sistr In cām or stormi weɖr; T ćir wn on ɖ tīdịs we, T feć wn f wn gz astre, T liſt wn f wn totrz dǎn, T streñʈn ẃlst wn standz.”
