AFTR REN
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ASPNZ
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Ǎt v ɖ blacsmiʈ’s cavn cmz ɖ rññ
V hamr, śu, n anvil; ǎt v ɖ ín
Ɖ clinc, ɖ hum, ɖ ror, ɖ randm sññ—
Ɖ sǎndz ɖt fr ɖz fifti yirz hv bn.
Ɖ ẃispr v ɖ aspnz z nt drǎnd,
N ovr lîtlis pein n ftlis rod,
Emti az scî, wɖ evri uɖr sǎnd
Nt sīsñ, cōlz ɖer gosts fṛm ɖer abod,
A sîḷnt smiʈi, a sîḷnt ín, nr felz
In ɖ bér mūnlît or ɖ ʈic-frd glūm,
In tmpist or ɖ nît v nîtngelz,
T trn ɖ crosrodz t a gostli rūm.
N it wd b ɖ sem wr no hǎs nir.
Ovr ol sorts v weɖr, men, n tîmz,
Aspnz mst śec ɖer līvz n men me hír
Bt nīd nt lisn, mor ɖn t mî rîmz.
Ẃtvr wind bloz, ẃl ɖe n I hv līvz
W canot uɖr ɖn an aspn b
Ɖt sīslisli, unrīzṇbli grīvz,
Or so men ʈnc hu lîc a difṛnt tri.
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RODZ
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Rodz g on
Ẃl w fget, n r
Fgotn lîc a star
Ɖt śūts n z gn.
On ɖs rʈ ’tiz śr
W men hv nt md
Enʈñ ɖt dʈ fed
So sn, so loñ indyr:
Ɖ hilrod wet wɖ ren
In ɖ sún wd nt glīm
Lîc a wîndñ strīm
F w trod it nt agn.
Ɖe r lonli
Ẃl w slīp, lonlịr
Fr lac v ɖ travlr
Hu z nǎ a drīm onli.
Fṛm dōn’z twîlît
N ol ɖ clǎdz lîc śīp
On ɖ mǎntinz v slīp
Ɖe wînd intu ɖ nît.
Ɖ nxt trn me rvil
Hevn: upn ɖ crest
Ɖ clos pînclump, at rest
And blac, me Hel cnsil.
Ofn ftsor, nvr
Yt v ɖ rod I wiri,
Ɖo loñ n stīp n driri,
Az it wîndz on fr evr.
Heḷn v ɖ rodz,
Ɖ mǎntinwez v Wêlz
N ɖ Maḅnogịn têlz,
Z wn v ɖ tru godz,
Abîdñ in ɖ triz,
Ɖ ʈriz n forz so wîz,
Ɖ larjr cumṗniz,
Ɖt bî ɖ rodsîd b,
N bnʈ ɖ raftr
Els uninhabtd
Xptñ bî ɖ ded;
N it z hr laftr
At morn n nît I hír
Ẃn ɖ ʈruścoc sñz
Brît ireḷvnt ʈñz,
N ẃn ɖ ćanṭclir
Cōlz bac t ɖer ǒn nît
Trūps ɖt mc lonlinis
Wɖ ɖer lît ftsteps’ pres,
Az Heḷn’z ǒn r lît.
Nǎ ol rodz līd t Frans
N hevi z ɖ tréd
V ɖ livñ; bt ɖ ded
Rtrnñ lîtli dans:
Ẃtvr ɖ rod brñ
T m or tec fṛm m,
Ɖe cīp m cumṗni
Wɖ ɖer paṭrñ,
Crǎdñ ɖ soḷtyd
V ɖ lūps ovr ɖ Dǎnz,
Huśñ ɖ ror v tǎnz
n ɖer brīf multtyd.
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LÎC Ɖ TUĆ OV REN
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Wɖ ɖ luv v ɖ storm h brnz,
H sñz, h lafs, wel I nǒ hǎ,
Bt fgets ẃn h rtrnz
Az I śl nt fget hr ‘G nǎ.’
Ɖoz tū wrdz śut a dor
Btwn m n ɖ blesid ren
Ɖt wz nvr śut bfr
N wl nt opn agn.
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Ɖ stīm hist. Smwn clird hiz ʈrot.
Nwn left n nwn cem
On ɖ bér platform. Ẃt I sw
Wz Adlstrop—onli ɖ nem
N wiloz, wilohrb, n gras,
N medoswīt, n hêcocs drî,
No ẃit les stil n lonli fer
Ɖn ɖ hî clǎdlits in ɖ scî.
N fr ɖt minit a blacbrd sañ
Clos bî, n rnd him, mistịr,
Farɖr n farɖr, ol ɖ brdz
V Oxfdśr n Glostrśr.
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