Category Archives: George Eliot

Clasics in Ñspel: IN A LONDON DRAWINGROOM by George Eliot

IN A LUNDN DRW̃RŪM

Jorj Ełt

Ɖ scî z clǎdi, yeloud bî ɖ smoc.
Fr vy ɖr r ɖ hǎzz oṗzit
Cutñ ɖ scî wɖ wn loñ lîn v wōl
Lîc solid fog: far az ɖ î cn streć
Mnoṭni v srfis n v form
Wɖt a brec t hañ a ges upn.
No brd cn mc a śado az it flîz,
Fr ol z śado, az in wez o’rhuñ
Bî ʈicist canvs, ẃr ɖ goldn rez
R cloɖd in hmp. No figr linġrñ
Pōzz t fīd ɖ hungr v ɖ î
Or rest a litl on ɖ lap v lîf.
Ol huri on n lc upn ɖ grǎnd,
Or glance unmarcñ at ɖ pasrz-bî
Ɖ ẃīlz r huriyñ tù, cabz, caṛjz
Ol clozd, in mulṭplaid îdntti.
Ɖ wrld sīmz wn hyj priznhǎs n cort
Ẃr men r puniśt at ɖ slîtist cost,
Wɖ lǒist ret v culr, wormʈ n jô.

CLASICS IN ÑSPEL

ÑSPEL

"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

Clasics in Ñspel: COUNT THAT DAY LOST by George Eliot

CǍNT ĐT DE LOST

Jorj Ełt

F y sit dǎn at set v sún
N cǎnt ɖ acts ɖt y hv dn,
N, cǎntñ, fînd
Wn slf-dnayñ dīd, wn wrd
Ɖt īzd ɖ hart v him hu hŕd,
Wn glans most cînd
Ɖt fél lîc súnśîn ẃr it wnt –
Ɖen y me cǎnt ɖt de wel spent.

Bt f, ʈru ol ɖ livloñ de,
Y’v ćird no hart, bî ye or ne –
F, ʈru it ol
Y’ve nʈñ dn ɖt y cn tres
Ɖt bròt ɖ súnśîn t wn fes –
No act most smōl
Ɖt helpt sm soul, n nʈñ cost –
Ɖen cǎnt ɖt de az wrs ɖn lost.

CLASICS IN ÑSPEL

ÑSPEL

"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925