LUNDN SNO
Ẃn men wr ol aslip ɖ sno cem flayñ,
In larj ẃît flecs fōlñ on ɖ siti brǎn,
Stelʈ̇li n ppć̣li seṭlñ n lūsli layñ,
Huśñ ɖ lêtist trafic v ɖ drǎzi tǎn;
Deḍnñ, muf̣lñ, stîf̣lñ its mrmrz felñ;
Leẓli n insesntli flotñ dǎn n dǎn:
Sîḷntli siftñ n veilñ rod, rūf n relñ;
Hîdñ difṛns, mcñ unīvņis īvn,
Intu anglz n creṿsz softli driftñ n sêlñ.
Ol nît it fél, n ẃn fl inćz sevn
It le in ɖ depʈ v its uncmpactd lîtnis,
Ɖ clǎdz blù of fṛm a hî n frosti hevn;
N ol wouc rlịr fr ɖ un’custmd brîtnis
V ɖ wintr dōnñ, ɖ strenj unhevnli gler:
Ɖ î marvld—marvld at ɖ daẓlñ ẃîtnis;
Ɖ ir harcnd t ɖ stilnis v ɖ soḷm er;
No sǎnd v ẃīl rumḅlñ nr v ft fōlñ,
N ɖ bizi mornñ crîz cem ʈin n sper.
Ɖen bôz I hŕd, az ɖe wnt t scūl, cōlñ,
Ɖe gaɖrd p ɖ cristl mana t frīz
Ɖer tuñz wɖ testñ, ɖer handz wɖ snôbōlñ;
Or raytd in a drift, plunjñ p t ɖ niz;
Or pirñ p fṛm undr ɖ ẃît-móst wundr,
‘Ô lc at ɖ triz!’ ɖe craid, ‘Ô lc at ɖ triz!’
Wɖ lesnd lod a fy carts crīc n blundr,
Folowñ alñ ɖ ẃît dzrtd we,
A cuntricumṗni loñ dsprst asundr:
Ẃn nǎ olrdi ɖ sún, in pel dsple
Standñ bî Pōl’z hî dom, spred fʈ b’lo
Hiz sparc̣lñ bīmz, n awouc ɖ str v ɖ de.
Fr nǎ dorz opn, n wor z wejd wɖ ɖ sno;
N trenz v sombr men, past têl v numbr,
Tréd loñ brǎn paɖz, az twd ɖer tôl ɖe g:
Bt īvn fr ɖm aẃl no cerz incumbr
Ɖer mîndz dvrtd; ɖ dêli wrd z unspocn,
Ɖ dêli ʈts v lebr n soro slumbr
At ɖ sît v ɖ byti ɖt grīts ɖm,
fr ɖ ćarm ɖe hv brocn.