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Clasics in Ñspel: TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON, by Richard Lovelace

TU ALƮIA, FṚM PRIZN

Rić̣d Luvlês

Ẃn luv wɖ uncnfînid wñz
Hovrz wɖn mî gets,
N mî dvîn Alʈia brñz
T ẃispr at ɖ greits;
Ẃn I lî tangld in hr her
N fetrd t hr î,
Ɖ brdz ɖt wontn in ɖ er
Nǒ no sć liḅti.

Ẃn flowñ cups run swiftli rnd,
Wɖ no aleyñ Tmz,
Ǎr cerlis hedz wɖ rozz bǎnd,
Ǎr harts wɖ loyl flemz;
Ẃn ʈrsti grīf in wîn w stīp,
Ẃn hlʈs n dráfts g fri,
Fiśz ɖt tipl in ɖ dīp
Nǒ no sć liḅti.

Ẃn lîc cmitd linits I
Wɖ śrilr ʈrot śl sñ
Ɖ swītnis, mrsi, maɉsti,
N gloriz v mî Cñ:
Ẃn I śl vôs alǎd hǎ gd
H z, hǎ gret śd b,
Inlarjid windz, ɖt crl ɖ flud,
Nǒ no sć liḅti.

Ston wōlz d nt a prizn mc,
Nr ayn barz a cej:
Mîndz iṇsnt n qayt tec
Ɖt fr an hrṃtij.
F I hv frīdm in mî luv,
N in mî soul am fri,
Enjlz alon, ɖt sōr abv,
Injô sć liḅti.

CLASICS IN ÑSPEL

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