SPRÑ OFNSIV
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Hōltd agnst ɖ śêd v a last hil,
Ɖe féd, n, layñ īzi, wr at īz
N, fîndñ cumftbl ćests n niz
Cerlisli slept.
Bt mni ɖr std stl
T fes ɖ starc, blanc scî bynd ɖ rij,
Nwñ ɖer fīt hd cm t ɖ end v ɖ wrld.
Marṿlñ ɖe std, n woćt ɖ loñ gras swrld
Bî ɖ Me brīz, mrmṛs wɖ wosp n mij,
Fr ɖo ɖ sumr ūzd intu ɖer veinz
Lîc ɖ injctd drug fr ɖer bonz’ penz,
Śarp on ɖer soulz huñ ɖ iminnt lîn v gras,
Firf̣li flaśt ɖ scî’z mstirịs glas.
Aur aftr aur ɖe pondr ɖ worm fīld—
N ɖ far vali bhnd, ẃr ɖ butrcups
Hd blest wɖ gold ɖer slo būts cmñ p,
Ẃr īvn ɖ litl bramblz wd nt yīld,
Bt clućt n cluñ t ɖm lîc sorowñ handz;
Ɖe briɖ lîc triz unstŕd.
Tl lîc a cold gust ʈrild ɖ litl wrd
At ẃć ć bodi n its soul bgrd
N tîtn ɖm fr batl. No alarmz
V byglz, no hî flagz, no clamṛs hest—
Onli a lift n fler v îz ɖt fest
Ɖ sún, lîc a frend wɖ hūm ɖer luv z dn.
O larjr śon ɖt smîl agnst ɖ sún,—
Mîtịr ɖn hiz huz bǎnti ɖz hv sprnd.
So, sn ɖe topt ɖ hil, n rêst tgɖr
Ovr an opn streć v hrb n heɖr
Xpozd. N instntli ɖ hol scî brnd
Wɖ fyri agnst ɖm; n soft sudn cups
Opnd in ʈǎzndz fr ɖer blud; n ɖ grīn slǒps
Cazmd n stīpnd śir t infiṇt spes.
V ɖm hu runñ on ɖt last hî ples
Lept t swift unsìn bŭlits, or wnt p
On ɖ hot blast n fyri v hel’z upsrj,
Or plunjd n fél awe past ɖs wrld’z vrj,
Sm se God còt ɖm īvn bfr ɖe fél.
Bt ẃt se sć az fṛm xistns’ brinc
Vnćrd bt drev tù swift t snc.
Ɖ fy hu ruśt in ɖ bodi t entr hel,
N ɖr ǎt-fīndñ ol its fīndz n flemz
Wɖ suṗhymn inhymaṇtiz,
Loñ-feṃs gloriz, immorịl śemz—
N crōlñ slǒli bac, hv bî dgriz
Rgend cūl pīsfl er in wundr—
Ẃ spīc ɖe nt v comredz ɖt wnt undr?
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