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SOÑZ OV IṆSNS
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INTṚDUX́N
Pîpñ dǎn ɖ valiz wîld,
Pîpñ soñz v pleznt gli,
On a clǎd I sw a ćîld,
N h lafñ sd t m:
‘Pîp a soñ abt a Lam!’
So I pîpt wɖ meri ćir.
‘Pîpr, pîp ɖt soñ agn.’
So I pîpt: h wept t hír.
‘Drop ɖî pîp, ɖî hapi pîp;
Sñ ɖî soñz v hapi ćir!’
So I suñ ɖ sem agn,
Ẃl h wept wɖ jô t hír.
‘Pîpr, sit ɖi dǎn n rait
In a bc, ɖt ol me rīd.’
So h vaniśt fṛm mî sît;
N I pluct a holo rìd,
N I md a rṛl pén,
N I stend ɖ wōtr clir,
N I rout mî hapi soñz
Evri ćîld me jô t hír.
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Ɖ ŚEṖD
Hǎ swīt z ɖ śeṗd’z swīt lot!
Fṛm ɖ morn t ɖ īvnñ h strez;
H śl folo hiz śīp ol ɖ de,
N hiz tuñ śl b filéd wɖ prêz.
Fr h hírz ɖ lamz’ iṇsnt cōl,
N h hírz ɖ ỳz’ tndr rplî;
H z woćfl ẃl ɖe r in pīs,
Fr ɖe nǒ ẃn ɖer śeṗd z nî.
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Ɖ ECOWÑ GRĪN
Ɖ sún dz arîz,
N mc hapi ɖ scîz;
Ɖ meri belz rñ
T welcm ɖ Sprñ;
Ɖ scîlarc n ʈruś,
Ɖ brdz v ɖ bś,
Sñ lǎdr arnd
T ɖ belz’ ćirfl sǎnd;
Ẃl ǎr sports śl b sìn
On ɖ ecowñ grīn.
Old Jon, wɖ ẃît her,
Dz laf awe cer,
Sitñ undr ɖ oc,
Amñ ɖ old foc.
Ɖe laf at ǎr ple,
N sn ɖe ol se,
‘Sć, sć wr ɖ jôz
Ẃn w ol—grlz n bôz—
In ǎr yʈtîm wr sìn
On ɖ ecowñ grīn.’
Tl ɖ litl wnz, wiri,
No mor cn b meri:
Ɖ sún dz dsnd,
N ǎr sports hv an end.
Rnd ɖ laps v ɖer muɖrz
Mni sistrz n bruɖrz,
Lîc brdz in ɖer nst,
R redi fr rest,
N sport no mor sìn
On ɖ darc̣nñ grīn.
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Đ LAM
Litl lam, hu md ɖi?
Dz ɖǎ nǒ hu md ɖi,
Gev ɖi lîf, n bid ɖi fīd
Bî ɖ strīm n ’r ɖ mīd;
Gev ɖi cloɖñ v dlît,
Softist cloɖñ, wŭli, brît;
Gev ɖi sć a tndr vôs,
Mcñ ol ɖ velz rjôs?
Litl lam, hu md ɖi?
Dz ɖǎ nǒ hu md ɖi?
Litl lam, I’l tel ɖi;
Litl lam, I’l tel ɖi:
H z cōléd bî ɖî nem,
Fr H cōlz Himslf a Lam.
H z mīc, n H z mîld,
H bcem a litl ćîld.
I a ćîld, n ɖǎ a lam,
W r callèd bî Hiz nem.
Litl lam, God bles ɖi!
Litl lam, God bles ɖi!
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Đ LITL BLAC BÔ
Mî muɖr bòr m in ɖ suɖn wîld,
N I am blac, bt O mî soul z ẃît!
Ẃît az an enjl z ɖ Ñgliś ćîld,
Bt I am blac, az f b’rivd v lît.
Mî muɖr tòt m undnʈ a tri,
N, sitñ dǎn bfr ɖ hīt v de,
Ś tc m on hr lap n ciséd m,
N, pôntñ t ɖ Īst, bgan t se:
‘Lc on ɖ rîzñ sún: ɖr God dz liv,
N gvz Hiz lît, n gvz Hiz hīt awe,
N flǎrz n triz n bīsts n men rsiv
Cumf̣t in mornñ, jô in ɖ nūnde.
‘N w r pt on rʈ a litl spes,
Ɖt w me lrn t ber ɖ bīmz v luv;
N ɖz blac bodiz n ɖs súnbrnt fes
R bt a clǎd, n lîc a śêdi grov.
‘Fr, ẃn ǎr soulz hv lrnt ɖ hīt t ber,
Ɖ clǎd wl vaniś, w śl hír Hiz vôs,
Seyñ, “Cm ǎt fṛm ɖ grov, mî luv n cer,
N rnd mî goldn tnt lîc lamz rjôs.”’
Ɖus dd mî muɖr se, n ciséd m,
N ɖus I se t litl Ñgliś bô.
Ẃn I fṛm blac, n h fṛm ẃît clǎd fri,
N rnd ɖ tnt v God lîc lamz w jô,
I’l śêd him fṛm ɖ hīt tl h cn ber
T līn in jô upn ǎr Faɖr’z ni;
N ɖen I’l stand n stroc hiz silvr her,
N b lîc him, n h wl ɖen luv m.
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Đ BLOSM
Meri, meri sparo!
Undr līvz so grīn
A hapi blosm
Siz y, swift az aro,
Sīc yr credl naro,
Nir mî bŭzm.
Priti, priti robin!
Undr līvz so grīn
A hapi blosm
Hírz y sobñ, sobñ,
Priti, priti robin,
Nir mî bŭzm.
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Đ ĆIMNISWĪPR
Ẃn mî muɖr daid I wz vri yuñ,
N mî faɖr sold m ẃl yt mî tuñ
Cd scersli crî ‘Wīp! wīp! wīp! wīp!’
So yr ćimniz I swīp, n in st I slīp.
Ɖr’z litl Tom Decr, hu craid ẃn hiz hed,
Ɖt crld lîc a lam’z bac, wz śevd; so I sd,
‘Huś, Tom! nvr mînd it, fr, ẃn yr hed’z bér,
Y nǒ ɖt ɖ st canot spôl yr ẃît her.’
N so h wz qayt, n ɖt vri nît,
Az Tom wz a-slīpñ, h hd sć a sît!—
Ɖt ʈǎzndz v swīprz, Dic, Jo, Ned, n Jac,
Wr ol v ɖm loct p in cofinz v blac.
N bî cem an enjl, hu hd a brît ci,
N h opnd ɖ cofinz, n set ɖm ol fri;
Ɖen dǎn a grīn plen, līpñ, lafñ, ɖe run
N woś in a rivr, n śîn in ɖ sún.
Đen necid n ẃît, ol ɖer bagz left bhnd,
Ɖe rîz upn clǎdz, n sport in ɖ wind:
N ɖ enjl tld Tom, f h’d b a gd bô,
H’d hv God fr hiz faɖr, n nvr wont jô.
N so Tom awouc, n w rouz in ɖ darc,
N got wɖ ǎr bagz n ǎr bruśz t wrc.
Ɖo ɖ mornñ wz cold, Tom wz hapi n worm:
So, f ol d ɖer dyti, ɖe nīd nt fir harm.
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Đ LITL BÔ LOST
‘Faɖr, faɖr, ẃr r y gwñ?
O d nt wōc so fast!
Spīc, faɖr, spīc t yr litl bô,
Or els I śl b lost.’
Ɖ nît wz darc, no faɖr wz ɖr,
Ɖ ćîld wz wet wɖ dȳ;
Ɖ mîr wz dīp, n ɖ ćîld dd wīp,
N awe ɖ vepr flù.
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Đ LITL BÔ FAUND
Ɖ litl bô lost in ɖ lonli fen,
Léd bî ɖ wonḍrñ lît,
Bgan t crî, bt God, evr nî,
Apird lîc hiz faɖr, in ẃît.
H cist ɖ ćîld, n bî ɖ hand léd,
N t hiz muɖr bròt,
Hu in soro pel, ʈru ɖ lonli dêl,
Hr litl bô wīpñ sòt.
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LAFÑSOÑ
Ẃn ɖ grīn wŭdz laf wɖ ɖ vôs v jô,
N ɖ dimplñ strīm runz lafñ bî;
Ẃn ɖ er dz laf wɖ ǎr meri wit,
N ɖ grīn hil lafs wɖ ɖ nôz v it;
Ẃn ɖ medoz laf wɖ lîvli grīn,
N ɖ grashópr lafs in ɖ meri sīn;
Ẃn Mẹri n Sūzn n Eṃli
Wɖ ɖer swīt rǎnd mǎɖz sñ ‘Ha ha hi!’
Ẃn ɖ pentd brdz laf in ɖ śêd,
Ẃr ǎr tebl wɖ ćeriz n nuts z spred:
Cm liv, n b meri, n jôn wɖ m,
T sñ ɖ swīt cōṛs v ‘Ha ha hi!’
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A CREDLSOÑ
Swīt drīmz, form a śêd
’r mî luvli inf̣nt’s hed!
Swīt drīmz v pleznt strīmz
Bî hapi, sîḷnt, mūni bīmz!
Swīt Slīp, wɖ soft dǎn
Wīv ɖî brǎz an inf̣nt crǎn!
Swīt Slīp, enjl mîld,
Hovr ’r mî hapi ćîld!
Swīt smîlz, in ɖ nît
Hovr ovr mî dlît!
Swīt smîlz, muɖr’z smîlz,
Ol ɖ livloñ nît bgîlz.
Swīt monz, duvlîc saiz,
Ćes nt slumbr fṛm ɖî îz!
Swīt monz, swītr smîlz,
Ol ɖ duvlîc monz bgîlz.
Slīp, slīp, hapi ćîld!
Ol crieśn slept n smîld.
Slīp, slīp, hapi slīp,
Ẃl ’r ɖi ɖî muɖr wīp.
Swīt beb, in ɖî fes
Holi imij I cn tres;
Swīt beb, wns lîc ɖi
Ɖî Mcr le, n wept fr m:
Wept fr m, fr ɖi, fr ol,
Ẃn H wz an inf̣nt smōl.
Ɖǎ Hiz imij evr si,
Hevnli fes ɖt smîlz on ɖi!
Smîlz on ɖi, on m, on ol,
Hu bcem an inf̣nt smōl;
Inf̣nt smîlz r Hiz ǒn smîlz;
Hevn n rʈ t pīs bgîlz.
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Đ DVÎN IMIJ
T Mrsi, Piti, Pīs, n Luv,
Ol pre in ɖer dstres,
N t ɖz vrćuz v dlît
Rtrn ɖer ʈancflnis.
Fr Mrsi, Piti, Pīs, n Luv,
Z God ǎr Faɖr dir;
N Mrsi, Piti, Pīs, n Luv,
Z man, Hiz ćîld n cer.
Fr Mrsi hz a hymn hart;
Piti, a hymn fes;
N Luv, ɖ hymn form dvîn:
N Pīs ɖ hymn dres.
Ɖen evri man, v evri claim,
Ɖt prez in hiz dstres,
Prez t ɖ hymn form dvîn:
Luv, Mrsi, Piti, Pīs.
N ol mst luv ɖ hymn form,
In hīɖn, Trc, or Ju.
Ẃr Mrsi, Luv, n Piti dwel,
Ɖr God z dwelñ tù.
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HOLI ƮRZDE
’Tẉz on a holi Ʈrzde, ɖer iṇsnt fesz clīn,
Ɖ ćildṛn wōcñ tū n tū, in red, n blu, n grīn:
Gre-hedd bīdlz wōct bfr, wɖ wondz az ẃît az sno,
Tl intu ɖ hî dom v Pōl’z ɖe lîc Tmz wōtrz flo.
O ẃt a multtyd ɖe sīmd, ɖz flǎrz v Lundn tǎn!
Sītd in cumṗniz ɖe sit, wɖ redịns ol ɖer ǒn.
Ɖ hum v multtydz wz ɖr, bt multtydz v lamz,
Ʈǎzndz v litl bôz n grlz rezñ ɖer iṇsnt handz.
Nǎ lîc a mîti wind ɖe rêz t hevn ɖ vôs v soñ,
Or lîc harmońs ʈunḍrñz ɖ sīts v hevn amñ:
Bnʈ ɖm sit ɖ ejd men, wîz gardịnz v ɖ pur.
Ɖen ćeriś piti, lest y drîv an enjl fṛm yr dor.
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NÎT
Ɖ sún dsndñ in ɖ Wst,
Ɖ īvnñstar dz śîn;
Ɖ brdz r sîḷnt in ɖer nst,
N I mst sīc fr mîn.
Ɖ mūn, lîc a flǎr
In hevn’z hî bǎr,
Wɖ sîḷnt dlît,
Sits n smîlz on ɖ nît.
Férwel, grīn fīldz n hapi grovz,
Ẃr flocs hv tc dlît,
Ẃr lamz hv nibld, sîḷnt muvz
Ɖ fīt v enjlz brît;
Unsìn, ɖe por blesñ,
N jô wɖt sīsñ,
On ć bud n blosm,
N ć slīpñ bŭzm.
Ɖe lc in evri ʈtlis nst
Ẃr brdz r cuvrd worm;
Ɖe vizit cevz v evri bīst,
T cīp ɖm ol fṛm harm:
F ɖe si eni wīpñ
Ɖt śd hv bn slīpñ,
Ɖe por slīp on ɖer hed,
N sit dǎn bî ɖer bed.
Ẃn wlvz n tîgrz hǎl fr prei,
Ɖe pitiyñ stand n wīp;
Sīcñ t drîv ɖer ʈrst awe,
N cīp ɖm fṛm ɖ śīp.
Bt, f ɖe ruś dredfl,
Ɖ enjlz, most hīdfl,
Rsiv ć mîld spirit,
Ny wrldz t inherit.
N ɖr ɖ layn’z rudi îz
Śl flo wɖ tirz v gold:
N pitiyñ ɖ tndr crîz,
N wōcñ rnd ɖ fold:
Seyñ: ‘Roʈ bî Hiz mīcnis,
N, bî Hiz hlʈ, sicnis,
Z drivn awe
Fṛm ǎr imortl de.
‘N nǎ bsd ɖi, blītñ lam,
I cn lî dǎn n slīp,
Or ʈnc on Him hu bòr ɖî nem,
Grêz aftr ɖi, n wīp.
Fr, wośt in lîf’s rivr,
Mî brît mein fr evr
Śl śîn lîc ɖ gold,
Az I gard ’r ɖ fold.’
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SPRÑ
Sǎnd ɖ flūt!
Nǎ it’s ḿt!
Brdz dlît,
De n nît,
Nîtngel,
In ɖ dêl,
Larc in scî,—
Meṛli,
Meṛli, meṛli t welcm in ɖ yir.
Litl bô,
Fl v jô;
Litl grl,
Swīt n smōl;
Coc dz cro,
So d y;
Meri vôs,
Inf̣nt nôz;
Meṛli, meṛli t welcm in ɖ yir.
Litl lam,
Hir I am;
Cm n lic
Mî ẃît nec;
Let m pl
Yr soft wŭl;
Let m cis
Yr soft fes;
Meṛli, meṛli w welcm in ɖ yir.
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NRS’Z SOÑ
Ẃn vôsz v ćildṛn r hŕd on ɖ grīn,
N lafñ z hŕd on ɖ hil,
Mî hart z at rest wɖn mî brest,
N evrʈñ els z stl.
‘Ɖen cm hom, mî ćildṛn, ɖ sún z gn dǎn,
N ɖ dȳz v nît arîz;
Cm, cm, līv of ple, n let s awe,
Tl ɖ mornñ apirz in ɖ scîz.’
‘No, no, let s ple, fr it z yt de,
N w canot g t slīp;
Bsdz, in ɖ scî ɖ litl brdz flî,
N ɖ hilz r ol cuvrd wɖ śīp.’
‘Wel, wel, g n ple tl ɖ lît fedz awe,
N ɖen g hom t bed.’
Ɖ litl wnz lept, n śǎtd, n laft,
N ol ɖ hilz ecoéd.
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INḞNTJÔ
‘I hv no nem;
I am bt tū dez old.’
Ẃt śl I cōl ɖi?
‘I hapi am,
Jô z mî nem.’
Swīt jô bfōl ɖi!
Priti jô!
Swīt jô, bt tū dez old.
Swīt jô I cōl ɖi:
Ɖǎ dst smîl,
I sñ ɖ ẃl;
Swīt jô bfōl ɖi!
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A DRĪM
Wns a drīm dd wīv a śêd
’r mî enjl-gardd bed,
Ɖt an emit lost its we
Ẃr on gras mʈt I le.
Trubld, wildrd, n f’lorn,
Darc, bnîtd, travl-wòrn,
Ovr mni a tangld spre,
Ol hart-brouc, I hŕd hr se:
‘O mî ćildṛn! d ɖe crî,
D ɖe hír ɖer faɖr sai?
Nǎ ɖe lc abrōd t si,
Nǎ rtrn n wīp fr m.’
Pitiyñ, I dropt a tir:
Bt I sw a glǒwrm nir,
Hu rplaid, ‘Ẃt weilñ wît
Cōlz ɖ woćmn v ɖ nît?’
‘I am set t lît ɖ grǎnd,
Ẃl ɖ bītl gz hiz rnd:
Folo nǎ ɖ bītl’z hum;
Litl wondrr, hái ɖi hom!’
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ON ANƉR’Z SORO
Cn I si anɖr’z wo,
N nt b in soro tù?
Cn I si anɖr’z grīf,
N nt sīc fr cînd rlif?
Cn I si a fōlñ tir,
N nt fīl mî soro’z śer?
Cn a faɖr si hiz ćîld
Wīp, nr b wɖ soro fild?
Cn a muɖr sit n hír
An inf̣nt gron, an inf̣nt fir?
No, no! nvr cn it b!
Nvr, nvr cn it b!
N cn H hu smîlz on ol
Hír ɖ rén wɖ soroz smōl,
Hír ɖ smōl brd’z grīf n cer,
Hír ɖ woz ɖt infnts ber—
N nt sit bsd ɖ nst,
Porñ piti in ɖer brest,
N nt sit ɖ credl nir,
Wīpñ tir on inf̣nt’s tir?
N nt sit bʈ nît n de,
Wîpñ ol ǎr tirz awe?
O no! nvr cn it b!
Nvr, nvr cn it b!
H dʈ gv Hiz jô t ol:
H bcmz an inf̣nt smōl,
H bcmz a man v wo,
H dʈ fīl ɖ soro tù.
Ʈnc nt ɖǎ cnst sai a sai,
N ɖî Mcr z nt bî:
Ʈnc nt ɖǎ cnst wīp a tir,
N ɖî Mcr z nt nir.
O H gvz t s Hiz jô,
Ɖt ǎr grīf H me dstrô:
Tl ǎr grīf z fled n gn
H dʈ sit bî s n mon.
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SOÑZ OV XPIRỊNS
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INTṚDUX́N
Hír ɖ vôs v ɖ Bard,
Hu preznt, past, n fyćr, siz;
Huz irz hv hŕd
Ɖ Holi Wrd
Ɖt wōct amñ ɖ enćnt triz;
Cōlñ ɖ lapséd soul,
N wīpñ in ɖ īvnñ dȳ;
Ɖt mt cntrol
Ɖ stari pol,
N fōḷn, fōḷn lît rny!
‘O Rʈ, O Rʈ, rtrn!
Arîz fṛm ǎt ɖ dȳi gras!
Nît z wòrn,
N ɖ morn
Rîzz fṛm ɖ slumbṛs mas.
‘Trn awe no mor;
Ẃ wlt ɖǎ trn awe?
Ɖ stari flor,
Ɖ wōṭri śor,
Z gvn ɖi tl ɖ brec v de.’
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RƮ’S ANSR
Rʈ rezd p hr hed
Fṛm ɖ darcnis dred n drir,
Hr lît fled,
Stoni, dred,
N hr locs cuvrd wɖ gre dsper.
‘Priznd on wōṭri śor,
Stari jeḷsi dz cīp mî den
Cold n hōr;
Wīpñ ’r,
I hír ɖ faɖr v ɖ enćnt men.
‘Slfiś faɖr v men!
Cruwl, jeḷs, slfiś fir!
Cn dlît,
Ćend in nît,
Ɖ vrjinz v yʈ n mornñ ber.
‘Dz sprñ hîd its jô,
Ẃn budz n blosmz gro?
Dz ɖ sǒwr
Sǒ bî nît,
Or ɖ plǎmn in darcnis plǎ?
‘Brec ɖs hevi ćen,
Ɖt dz frīz mî bonz arnd!
Slfiś, ven,
Itrnl ben,
Ɖt fri luv wɖ bondij baund.’
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Ɖ CLOD AND Ɖ PEBL
‘Luv sīciʈ nt itslf t plīz,
Nr fr itslf haʈ eni cer,
Bt fr anɖr gvz its īz,
N bildz a hevn in hel’z dsper.’
So suñ a litl clod v cle,
Trodn wɖ ɖ catl’z fīt,
Bt a pebl v ɖ brŭc
Worbld ǎt ɖz mītrz mīt:
‘Luv sīciʈ onli Slf t plīz,
T bînd anɖr t its dlît,
Jôz in anɖr’z los v īz,
N bildz a hel in hevn’z dspît.’
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HOLI ƮRZDE
Z ɖs a holi ʈñ t si
In a rić n frūtfl land,—
Bebz rdyst t miẓri,
Féd wɖ cold n yźṛs hand?
Z ɖt tremḅlñ crî a soñ?
Cn it b a soñ v jô?
N so mni ćildṛn pur?
It z a land v poṿti!
N ɖer sún dz nvr śîn,
N ɖer fīldz r blīc n bér,
N ɖer wez r fild wɖ ʈornz,
It z itrnl wintr ɖr.
Fr ẃre’r ɖ sún dz śîn,
N ẃre’r ɖ ren dz fōl,
Beb cn nvr hungr ɖr,
Nr poṿti ɖ mînd apōl.
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Ɖ LITL GRL LOST
In fyćuṛti
I prof̣sî
Ɖt ɖ rʈ fṛm slīp
(Grev ɖ sntns dīp)
Śl arîz, n sīc
Fr hr Mcr mīc;
N ɖ deẓt wîld
Bcm a gardn mîld.
In ɖ suɖn claim,
Ẃr ɖ sumr’z prîm
Nvr fedz awe,
Luvli Lîca le.
Sevn sumrz old
Luvli Lîca tld.
Ś hd wondrd loñ,
Hírñ wîld brdz’ soñ.
‘Swīt slīp, cm t m,
Undnʈ ɖs tri;
D faɖr, muɖr, wīp?
Ẃr cn Lîca slīp?
‘Lost in deẓt wîld
Z yr litl ćîld.
Hǎ cn Lîca slīp
F hr muɖr wīp?
‘F hr hart dz ec,
Ɖen let Lîca wec;
F mî muɖr slīp,
Lîca śl nt wīp.
‘Frǎnñ, frǎnñ nît,
’r ɖs deẓt brît
Let ɖî mūn arîz,
Ẃl I clos mî îz.’
Slīpñ Lîca le,
Ẃl ɖ bīsts v prei,
Cm fṛm cavnz dīp,
Vyd ɖ meid aslip.
Ɖ cñli layn std,
N ɖ vrjin vyd:
Ɖen h gámbld rnd
’r ɖ haloud grǎnd.
Lepdz, tîgrz, ple
Rnd hr az ś le;
Ẃl ɖ layn old
Baud hiz mein v gold,
N hr bŭzm lic,
N upn hr nec,
Fṛm hiz îz v flem,
Rūbi tirz ɖr cem;
Ẃl ɖ laynes
Lūst hr slendr dres,
N necid ɖe cnveid
T cevz ɖ slīpñ meid.
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Ɖ LITL GRL FAUND
Ol ɖ nît in wo
Lîca’z peṛnts g
Ovr valiz dīp,
Ẃl ɖ deẓts wīp.
Tîrd n wo-bgon,
Hōrs wɖ mcñ mon,
Arm in arm, sevn dez
Ɖe trest ɖ deẓtwez.
Sevn nîts ɖe slīp
Amñ śadoz dīp,
N drīm ɖe si ɖer ćîld
Starvd in deẓt wîld.
Pel ʈru paʈlis wez
Ɖ fansid imij strez,
Famiśt, wīpñ, wìc,
Wɖ holo pitịs śrīc.
Rîzñ fṛm unrest,
Ɖ tremḅlñ wmn prest
Wɖ fīt v wiri wo;
Ś cd no frɖr g.
In hiz armz h bòr
Hr, armd wɖ soro sor;
Tl bfr ɖer we
A cǎćñ layn le.
Trnñ bac wz ven:
Sn hiz hevi mein
Bòr ɖm t ɖ grǎnd,
Ɖen h stōct arnd,
Smelñ t hiz prei;
Bt ɖer firz ale
Ẃn h lics ɖer handz,
N sîḷnt bî ɖm standz.
Ɖe lc upn hiz îz,
Fild wɖ dīp s’prîz;
N wunḍrñ bhold
A spirit armd in gold.
On hiz hed a crǎn,
On hiz śoldrz dǎn
Floud hiz goldn her.
Gn wz ol ɖer cer.
‘Folo m,’ h sd;
‘Wīp nt fr ɖ meid;
In mî palis dīp,
Lîca lîz aslip.’
Ɖen ɖe foloéd
Ẃr ɖ viźn léd,
N sw ɖer slīpñ ćîld
Amñ tîgrz wîld.
T ɖs de ɖe dwel
In a lonli del,
Nr fir ɖ wlviś hǎl
Nr ɖ layn’z grǎl.
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Ɖ ĆIMNISWĪPR
A litl blac ʈñ amñ ɖ sno,
Crayñ! ‘wīp! wīp!’ in nots v wo!
‘Ẃr r ɖî faɖr n muɖr? Se!’—
‘Ɖe r bʈ gn p t ɖ ćrć t pre.
‘Bcz I wz hapi upn ɖ hīʈ,
N smîld amñ ɖ wintr’z sno,
Ɖe cloɖd m in ɖ cloɖz v deʈ,
N tòt m t sñ ɖ nots v wo.
‘N bcz I am hapi n dans n sñ,
Ɖe ʈnc ɖe hv dn m no inɉri,
N r gn t prêz God n Hiz prīst n cñ,
Hu md p a hevn v ǎr miẓri.’
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NRS’Z SOÑ
Ẃn ɖ vôsz v ćildṛn r hŕd on ɖ grīn,
N ẃisṗrñz r in ɖ dêl,
Ɖ dez v mî yʈ rîz freś in mî mînd,
Mî fes trnz grīn n pel.
Ɖen cm hom, mî ćildṛn, ɖ sún z gn dǎn,
N ɖ dȳz v nît arîz;
Yr sprñ n yr de r westd in ple,
N yr wintr n nît in dsgîz.
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Ɖ SIC RǑZ
O rǒz, ɖǎ art sic!
Ɖ inviẓbl wrm,
Ɖt flîz in ɖ nît,
In ɖ hǎlñ storm,
Hz faund ǎt ɖî bed
V crimzn jô,
N hiz darc sīcrit luv
Dz ɖî lîf dstrô.
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Ɖ FLÎ
Litl Flî,
Ɖî sumr’z ple
Mî ʈtlis hand
Hz bruśt awe.
Am nt I
A flî lîc ɖi?
Or art nt ɖǎ
A man lîc m?
Fr I dans,
N drinc, n sñ,
Tl sm blînd hand
Śl bruś mî wñ.
F ʈt z lîf
N streñʈ n breʈ,
N ɖ wont
V ʈt z deʈ;
Ɖen am I
A hapi flî.
F I liv,
Or f I dî.
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Ɖ ENJL
I dremt a drīm! Ẃt cn it mīn?
N ɖt I wz a meidn Qīn
Gardd bî an Enjl mîld:
Witlis wo wz ner bgîld!
N I wept bʈ nît n de,
N h wîpt mî tirz awe;
N I wept bʈ de n nît,
N hid fṛm him mî hart’s dlît.
So h tc hiz wñz, n fled;
Ɖen ɖ morn bluśt rozi red.
I draid mî tirz, n armd mî firz
Wɖ ten ʈǎznd śīldz n spirz.
Sn mî Enjl cem agn;
I wz armd, h cem in ven;
Fr ɖ tîm v yʈ wz fled,
N gre herz wr on mî hed.
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Ɖ TÎGR
Tîgr, tîgr, brnñ brît
In ɖ forists v ɖ nît,
Ẃt imortl hand or î
Cd frem ɖî firfl siṃtri?
In ẃt distnt dīps or scîz
Brnt ɖ fîr v ɖîn îz?
On ẃt wñz der h aspîr?
Ẃt ɖ hand der sīz ɖ fîr?
N ẃt śoldr n ẃt art
Cd twist ɖ sinyz v ɖî hart?
N, ẃn ɖî hart bgan t bìt,
Ẃt dred hand n ẃt dred fīt?
Ẃt ɖ hamr? ẃt ɖ ćen?
In ẃt frnis wz ɖî bren?
Ẃt ɖ anvil? ẃt dred grasp
Der its dedli terrz clasp?
Ẃn ɖ starz ʈrù dǎn ɖer spirz,
N wōtrd hevn wɖ ɖer tirz,
Dd H smîl Hiz wrc t si?
Dd H hu md ɖ lam mc ɖi?
Tîgr, tîgr, brnñ brît
In ɖ forists v ɖ nît,
Ẃt imortl hand or î
Der frem ɖî firfl siṃtri?
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MÎ PRITI RǑZTRĪ
A flǎr wz ofrd t m,
Sć a flǎr az Me nvr bòr;
Bt I sd, ‘I’v a priti rǒztrī,’
N I pást ɖ swīt flǎr ’r.
Ɖen I wnt t mî priti rǒztrī,
T tnd hr bî de n bî nît;
Bt mî rǒz trnd awe wɖ jeḷsi,
N hr ʈornz wr mî onli dlît.
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Ā, SÚNFLǍR
Ā, súnflǎr, wiri v tîm,
Hu cǎntist ɖ steps v ɖ sún;
Sīcñ aftr ɖt swīt goldn claim
Ẃr ɖ travlr’z jrni z dn;
Ẃr ɖ Yʈ pînd awe wɖ dzîr,
N ɖ pel vrjin śrǎdd in sno,
Arîz fṛm ɖer grevz, n aspîr
Ẃr mî Súnflǎr wśz t g!
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Ɖ LILI
Ɖ modist Rǒz pts fʈ a ʈorn,
Ɖ humbl śīp a ʈreṭnñ horn:
Ẃl ɖ Lili ẃît śl in luv dlît,
Nr a ʈorn nr a ʈret sten hr byti brît.
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Ɖ GARDN OV LUV
I wnt t ɖ Gardn v Luv,
N sw ẃt I nvr hd sìn;
A Ćapl wz bilt in ɖ mdst,
Ẃr I yst t ple on ɖ grīn.
N ɖ gets v ɖs Ćapl wr śut,
N ‘Ɖǎ ślt nt’ rit ovr ɖ dor;
So I trnd t ɖ Gardn v Luv
Ɖt so mni swīt flǎrz bòr.
N I sw it wz fild wɖ grevz,
N tūmstonz ẃr flǎrz śd b;
N prīsts in blac gǎnz wr wōcñ ɖer rǎndz,
N bîndñ wɖ brayrz mî jôz n dzîrz.
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Ɖ LITL VAĠBOND
Dir muɖr, dir muɖr, ɖ Ćrć z cold;
Bt ɖ Elhǎs z hlʈi, n pleznt, n worm.
Bsdz, I cn tel ẃr I am yzd wel;
Sć ysij in hevn wl nvr d wel.
Bt, f at ɖ Ćrć ɖe wd gv s sm el,
N a pleznt fîr ǎr soulz t rgel,
W’d sñ n w’d pre ol ɖ livloñ de,
Nr evr wns wś fṛm ɖ Ćrć t stre.
Ɖen ɖ Parsn mt prīć, n drinc, n sñ,
N w’d b az hapi az brdz in ɖ sprñ;
N modist Dem Lrć, hu z olwz at ćrć,
Wd nt hv bandi ćildṛn, nr fastñ, nr brć.
N God, lîc a faɖr, rjôsñ t si
Hiz ćildṛn az pleznt n hapi az H,
Wd hv no mor qoṛl wɖ ɖ Devl or ɖ baṛl,
Bt cis him, n gv him bʈ drinc n apaṛl.
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LUNDN
I wondr ʈru ć ćartrd strīt,
Nir ẃr ɖ ćartrd Tmz dz flo,
A marc in evri fes I mīt,
Marcs v wìcnis, marcs v wo.
In evri crî v evri man,
In evri inf̣nt’s crî v fir,
In evri vôs, in evri ban,
Ɖ mînd-forjd maṇclz I hír:
Hǎ ɖ ćimniswīpr’z crî
Evri blac̣nñ ćrć apōlz,
N ɖ haplis soljr’z sai
Runz in blud dǎn paliswōlz.
Bt most, ʈru midnîtstrīts I hír
Hǎ ɖ yʈfl harḷt’s crs
Blasts ɖ ny-born inf̣nt’s tir,
N blîts wɖ plegz ɖ marij hrs.
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Ɖ HYMN ABSTRACT
Piti wd b no mor
F w dd nt mc smbdi pur,
N Mrsi no mor cd b
F ol wr az hapi az w.
N ḿćl fir brñz Pīs,
Tl ɖ slfiś luvz incris;
Ɖen Cruwlti nits a sner,
N spredz hiz bêts wɖ cer.
H sits dǎn wɖ holi firz,
N wōtrz ɖ grǎnd wɖ tirz;
Ɖen Hymiḷti tecs its rūt
Undnʈ hiz ft.
Sn spredz ɖ dizṃl śêd
V Misṭri ovr hiz hed,
N ɖ caṭpilr n flî
Fīd on ɖ Misṭri.
N it berz ɖ frūt v Dsit,
Rudi n swīt t īt,
N ɖ revn hiz nst hz md
In its ʈicist śêd.
Ɖ godz v ɖ rʈ n sì
Sòt ʈru nećr t fînd ɖs tri,
Bt ɖer srć wz ol in ven:
Ɖr groz wn in ɖ hymn Bren.
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INḞNTSORO
Mî muɖr grond, mî faɖr wept:
Intu ɖ denjṛs wrld I lept,
Hlplis, necid, pîpñ lǎd,
Lîc a fīnd hid in a clǎd.
Struġlñ in mî faɖr’z handz,
Strîvñ agnst mî swoḍlñ bandz,
Baund n wiri, I ʈt bst
T sulc upn mî muɖr’z brest.
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A PÔZNTRI
I wz angri wɖ mî frend:
I tld mî roʈ, mî roʈ dd end.
I wz angri wɖ mî fo:
I tld it nt, mî roʈ dd gro.
N I wōtrd it in firz
Nît n mornñ wɖ mî tirz,
N I súnéd it wɖ smîlz
N wɖ soft dsitfl wîlz.
N it grù bʈ de n nît,
Tl it bòr an apl brît,
N mî fo bheld it śîn,
N h ń ɖt it wz mîn,—
N intu mî gardn stoul
Ẃn ɖ nît hd veild ɖ pol;
In ɖ mornñ, glad, I si
Mî fo ǎtstrećt bnʈ ɖ tri.
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A LITL BÔ LOST
‘Nòt luvz anɖr az itslf,
Nr veṇrets anɖr so,
Nr z it poṣbl t ʈt
A gretr ɖn itslf t nǒ.
‘N, faɖr, hǎ cn I luv y
Or eni v mî bruɖrz mor?
I luv y lîc ɖ litl brd
Ɖt pics p crumz arnd ɖ dor.’
Ɖ Prīst sat bî n hŕd ɖ ćîld;
In tremḅlñ zīl h sizd hiz her,
H léd him bî hiz litl cót,
N ol admîrd hiz prīstli cer.
N standñ on ɖ ōltr hî,
‘Lo, ẃt a fīnd z hir!’ sd h:
‘Wn hu sets rīzn p fr juj
V ǎr most holi misṭri.’
Ɖ wīpñ ćîld cd nt b hŕd,
Ɖ wīpñ peṛnts wept in ven:
Ɖe stript him t hiz litl śrt,
N baund him in an ayn ćen,
N brnd him in a holi ples
Ẃr mni hd bn brnd bfr;
Ɖ wīpñ peṛnts wept in ven.
R sć ʈñz dn on Albịn’z śor?
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A LITL GRL LOST
Ćildṛn v ɖ fyćr ej,
Rīdñ ɖs indignnt pej,
Nǒ ɖt in a formr tîm
Luv, swīt luv, wz ʈt a crîm.
In ɖ ej v gold,
Fri fṛm wintr’z cold,
Yʈ n meidn brît,
T ɖ holi lît,
Necid in ɖ súni bīmz dlît.
Wns a yʈfl per,
Fild wɖ softist cer,
Met in gardn brît
Ẃr ɖ holi lît
Hd jst rmuvd ɖ crtnz v ɖ nît.
Ɖr, in rîzñ de,
On ɖ gras ɖe ple;
Peṛnts wr afar,
Strenjrz cem nt nir,
N ɖ meidn sn fgot hr fir.
Tîrd wɖ cisz swīt,
Ɖe agri t mīt
Ẃn ɖ sîḷnt slīp
Wevz ’r hevn’z dīp,
N ɖ wiri tîrd wondrrz wīp.
T hr faɖr ẃît
Cem ɖ meidn brît;
Bt hiz luvñ lc,
Lîc ɖ holi bc,
Ol hr tndr limz wɖ terr śc.
Ona, pel n wìc,
T ɖî faɖr spīc!
O ɖ tremḅlñ fir!
O ɖ dizṃl cer
Ɖt śecs ɖ blosmz v mî hōri her!’
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A DVÎN IMIJ
Cruwlti hz a hymn hart,
N Jeḷsi a hymn fes;
Terr ɖ hymn form dvîn,
N Sīcṛsi ɖ hymn dres.
Ɖ hymn dres z forjéd ayn,
Ɖ hymn form a fîri forj,
Ɖ hymn fes a frnis sìld,
Ɖ hymn hart its hungri gorj.
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A CREDLSOÑ
Slīp, slīp, byti brît,
Drīmñ in ɖ jôz v nît;
Slīp, slīp; in ɖî slīp
Litl soroz sit n wīp.
Swīt beb, in ɖî fes
Soft dzîrz I cn tres,
Sīcrit jôz n sīcrit smîlz,
Litl priti inf̣nt wîlz.
Az ɖî softist limz I fīl,
Smîlz az v ɖ mornñ stìl
’r ɖî ćīc, n ’r ɖî brest
Ẃr ɖî litl hart dʈ rest.
O ɖ cunñ wîlz ɖt crīp
In ɖî litl hart aslip!
Ẃn ɖî litl hart dʈ wec,
Ɖen ɖ dredfl lît śl brec.
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Ɖ SCŪLBÔ
I luv t rîz in a sumr morn,
Ẃn ɖ brdz sñ on evri tri;
Ɖ distnt huntsmn windz hiz horn,
N ɖ scîlarc sñz wɖ m:
O ẃt swīt cumṗni!
Bt t g t scūl in a sumrmorn,—
O it drîvz ol jô awe!
Undr a cruwl î ǎtwòrn,
Ɖ litl wnz spend ɖ de
In sayñ n dsme.
Ā ɖen at tîmz I drūpñ sit,
N spend mni an añśs aur;
Nr in mî bc cn I tec dlît,
Nr sit in lrnñ’z bǎr,
Wòrn ʈru wɖ ɖ driri śǎr.
Hǎ cn ɖ brd ɖt z born fr jô
Sit in a cej n sñ?
Hǎ cn a ćîld, ẃn firz anô,
Bt drūp hiz tndr wñ,
N fget hiz yʈfl sprñ!
O faɖr n muɖr f budz r nipt,
N blosmz bloun awe;
N f ɖ tndr plants r stript
V ɖer jô in ɖ sprññ de,
Bî soro n cer’z dsme,—
Hǎ śl ɖ sumr arîz in jô,
Or ɖ sumrfrūts apir?
Or hǎ śl w gaɖr ẃt grīfs dstrô,
Or bles ɖ melowñ yir,
Ẃn ɖ blasts v wintr apir?
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TU TIRZĀ
Ẃt-e’r z born v mortl brʈ
Mst b cnsyméd wɖ ɖ rʈ,
T rîz fṛm jeṇreśn fri:
Ɖen ẃt hv I t d wɖ ɖi?
Ɖ sxz spruñ fṛm śem n prîd,
Bloud in ɖ morn, in īvnñ daid;
Bt mrsi ćenjd deʈ intu slīp;
Ɖ sxz rouz t wrc n wīp.
Ɖǎ, muɖr v mî mortl part,
Wɖ cruwlti didst mold mî hart,
N wɖ fōls slf-dsivñ tirz
Didst blînd mî nostṛlz, îz, n irz,
Didst cloz mî tuñ in snslis cle,
N m t mortl lîf btre.
Ɖ deʈ v Jīzs set m fri:
Ɖen ẃt hv I t d wɖ ɖi?
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Ɖ VÔS OV Ɖ ENĆNT BARD
Yʈ v dlît! cm hiɖr
N si ɖ oṗnñ morn,
Imij v Truʈ ny-born.
Dǎt z fled, n clǎdz v rīzn,
Darc dspyts n artfl tizñ.
Foli z an endlis mêz;
Tangld rūts pplex hr wez;
Hǎ mni hv fōḷn ɖr!
Ɖe stumbl ol nît ovr bonz v ɖ ded;
N fīl—ɖe nǒ nt ẃt bt cer;
N wś t līd uɖrz, ẃn ɖe śd b léd.
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