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Clasics in Ñspel: I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER by Thomas Hood

I RMEMBR, I RMEMBR

Toṃs Hŭd

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I rmembr, I rmembr
Ɖ hǎs ẃr I wz born,
Ɖ litl windo ẃr ɖ sún
Cem pīpñ in at morn;
H nvr cem a wnc tù sn
Nr bròt tù loñ a de;
Bt nǎ, I ofn wś ɖ nît
Hd bòrn mî breʈ awe.

I rmembr, I rmembr
Ɖ rozz red n ẃît,
Ɖ vayḷts n ɖ lilicups –
Ɖoz flǎrz md v lît!
Ɖ lîlacs ẃr ɖ robin bilt,
N ẃr mî bruɖr set
Ɖ l’brnm on hiz brʈde –
Ɖ tri z livñ yt!

I rmembr, I rmembr
Ẃr I wz yst t swñ,
N ʈt ɖ er mst ruś az freś
T swoloz on ɖ wñ;
Mî spirit flù in feɖrz ɖen
Ɖt z so hevi nǎ,
Ɖ sumrpūlz cd hardli cūl
Ɖ fīvr on mî brǎ.

I rmembr, I rmembr
Ɖ fr̋trīz darc n hî;
I yst t ʈnc ɖer slendr tops
Wr clos agnst ɖ scî:
It wz a ćîldiś ignṛns,
Bt nǎ ’tiz litl jô
T nǒ I’m farɖr of fṛm Hevn
Ɖn ẃn I wz a bô.

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