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Ɖ litl cerz ɖt fretd m
I lost ɖm yesṭde
amñ ɖ fīldz abv ɖ sī
amñ ɖ windz at ple
amñ ɖ lowñ v ɖ hrdz
ɖ ruṣlñ v ɖ triz
amñ ɖ sññ v ɖ brdz
ɖ humñ v ɖ bìz.
Ɖ fūliś firz v ẃt me hapn
I cást ɖm ol awe
amñ ɖ clovr-séntd gras
amñ ɖ ny-moun he
amñ ɖ huscñ v ɖ corn
ẃr drǎzi popiz nod
ẃr il ʈōts dî n gd r born
ǎt in ɖ fīldz wɖ God
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Yes, cōl m bî mî petnem! let m hír
Ɖ nem I yst t run at, ẃn a ćîld,
Fṛm iṇsnt ple, n līv ɖ cǎslips pîld,
T glans p in sm fes ɖt pruvd m dir
Wɖ ɖ lc v its îz. I mis ɖ clir
Fond vôsz ẃć, biyñ drwn n recnsîld
Intu ɖ ḿzic v Hevn’z undifîld,
Cōl m no longr. Sîḷns on ɖ bír,
Ẃl I cōl God – cōl God! – so let ɖî mǎʈ
B ér t ɖoz hu r nǎ xaniṃt.
Gaɖr ɖ norʈ flǎrz t cmplit ɖ sǎʈ,
N cać ɖ rli luv p in ɖ lêt.
Yes, cōl m bî ɖt nem, – n I, in truʈ,
Wɖ ɖ sem hart, wl ansr n nt wêt.
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Unlîc r w, unlîc, O prinsli Hart!
Unlîc ǎr ysz n ǎr desṭniz.
Ǎr minisṭrñ tū enjlz lc s’prîz
On wn anɖr, az ɖe strîc aʈwort
Ɖer wñz in pasñ. Ɖǎ, bʈnc ɖi, art
A gest fr qīnz t sośl pajntriz,
Wɖ gêjz fṛm a hundṛd brîtr îz
Ɖn tirz īvn cn mc mîn, t ple ɖî part
V ćīf ḿziśn. Ẃt hst ɖǎ t d
Wɖ lcñ fṛm ɖ latislîts at m,
A pur, tîrd, wonḍrñ sñr, sññ ʈru
Ɖ darc, n līnñ p a sîpristrī?
Ɖ crizm z on ɖîn hed, –
N Deʈ mst dig ɖ levl ẃr ɖz agri.
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Mî ǒn B’luvid, hu hst liftd m
Fṛm ɖs drir flat v rʈ ẃr I wz ʈroun,
N, in btwixt ɖ lanḡd rñlits, bloun
A lîf-breʈ, tl ɖ fōrhed hopf̣li
Śînz ǎt agn, az ol ɖ enjlz si,
Bfr ɖî sevñ cis! Mî ǒn, mî ǒn,
Hu cemist t m ẃn ɖ wrld wz gn,
N I hu lct fr onli God, faund ɖi!
I fînd ɖi; I am sef, n stroñ, n glad.
Az wn hu standz in dȳlis asf̣dél,
Lcs bcwd on ɖ tīdịs tîm h hd
In ɖ upr lîf, – so I, wɖ bŭzm-swel,
Mc witnis, hir, btwn ɖ gd n bad,
Ɖt Luv, az stroñ az Deʈ, rtrivz az wel.
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I lift mî hevi hart p soḷmli,
Az wns Ilectra hr seplcṛl ŕn,
N, lcñ in ɖîn îz, I oṿtrn
Ɖ aśz at ɖî fīt. Bhold n si
Ẃt a gret hīp v grīf le hid in m,
N hǎ ɖ red wîld sparclz dimli brn
Ʈru ɖ aśn grênis. F ɖî ft in scorn
Cd tréd ɖm ǎt t darcnis utrli,
It mt b wel phps. Bt f instd
Ɖǎ wêt bsd m fr ɖ wind t blo
Ɖ gre dust p… ɖoz loṛlz on ɖîn hed,
O mî B’luvid, wl nt śīld ɖi so,
Ɖt nn v ol ɖ fîrz śl scorć n śred
Ɖ her bnʈ. Stand frɖr of ɖen! G!
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B’luvid, mî B’luvid, ẃn I ʈnc
Ɖt ɖǎ w’st in ɖ wrld a yir ago,
Ẃt tîm I sat alon hir in ɖ sno
N sw no ftprint, hŕd ɖ sîḷns snc
No momnt at ɖî vôs, bt, linc bî linc,
Wnt cǎntñ ol mî ćenz az f ɖt so
Ɖe nvr cd fōl of at eni blo
Struc bî ɖî poṣbl hand, –
ẃ, ɖus I drinc
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Mî powt, ɖǎ cnst tuć on ol ɖ nots
God set btwn Hiz Aftr n Bfr,
N strîc p n strîc of ɖ jenṛl ror
V ɖ ruśñ wrldz a meḷdi ɖt flots
In a srīn er pyrli. Antidots
V meḍcetd ḿzic, anṣrñ fr
Man-cnd’z f’lornist ysz, ɖǎ cnst por
Fṛm ɖns intu ɖer irz. God’z wil dvots
Ɖîn t sć endz, n mîn t wêt on ɖîn.
Hǎ, Dirist, wlt ɖǎ hv m fr most ys?
A hop, t sñ bî gladli? or a fîn
Sad meṃri, wɖ ɖî soñz t inṭfyz?
A śêd, in ẃć t sñ – v pām or pîn?
A grev, on ẃć t rest fṛm sññ? Ćūz.
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G fṛm m. Yt I fīl ɖt I śl stand
Hnsfwd in ɖî śado. Nvrmr
Alon upn ɖ ʈreśhold v mî dor
V indivijl lîf, I śl cmand
Ɖ ysz v mî soul, nr lift mî hand
Srīnli in ɖ súnśîn az bfr,
Wɖt ɖ sns v ɖt ẃć I forbòr—
Ɖî tuć upn ɖ pām. Ɖ wîdist land
Dūm tecs t part s, līvz ɖî hart in mîn
Wɖ pulsz ɖt bìt dubl. Ẃt I d
N ẃt I drīm includ ɖi, az ɖ wîn
Mst test v its ǒn greps. N ẃn I su
God fr mslf, H hírz ɖt nem v ɖîn,
N siz wɖn mî îz ɖ tirz v tū.
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Hǎ d I luv ɖi? Let m cǎnt ɖ wez.
I luv ɖi t ɖ depʈ n bredʈ n hît
Mî soul cn rīć, ẃn fīlñ ǎt v sît
Fr ɖ endz v biyñ n îdiyl gres.
I luv ɖi t ɖ levl v evri de’z
Most qayt nīd, bî sún n candļît.
I luv ɖi frīli, az men strîv fr rît;
I luv ɖi pyrli, az ɖe trn fṛm prêz.
I luv ɖi wɖ ɖ paśn pt t ys
In mî old grīfs, n wɖ mî ćîldhd’z feʈ.
I luv ɖi wɖ a luv I sīmd t lūz
Wɖ mî lost sents. I luv ɖi wɖ ɖ breʈ,
Smîlz, tirz, v ol mî lîf; n, f God ćūz,
I śl bt luv ɖi betr aftr deʈ.
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B’luvid, ɖǎ hst bròt m mni flǎrz
Pluct in ɖ gardn, ol ɖ sumr ʈru,
N wintr, n it sīmd az f ɖe grù
In ɖs clos rūm, nr míst ɖ sún n śǎrz.
So, in ɖ lîc nem v ɖt luv v ǎrz,
Tec bac ɖz ʈts ẃć hir unfoldd tù,
N ẃć on worm n cold dez I wɖdru
Fṛm mî hart’s grǎnd. Indd,
ɖoz bedz n bǎrz
B oṿgroun wɖ bitr wīdz n ru,
N wêt ɖî wīdñ; yt hir’z egḷntîn,
Hir’z îvi!—tec ɖm, az I yst t d
Ɖî flǎrz, n cīp ɖm ẃr ɖe śl nt pîn.
Instruct ɖîn îz t cīp ɖer culrz tru,
N tel ɖî soul, ɖer rūts r left in mîn.
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