Ɖ wrld z tù mć wɖ s; lêt n sn,
Gtñ n spendñ w le west ǎr pǎrz;
Litl w si in Nećr ɖt z ǎrz;
W hv gvn ǎr harts awe,
a sordid būn!
Ɖs Sì ɖt bérz hr bŭzm t ɖ mūn,
Ɖ windz ɖt wl b hǎlñ at ol aurz,
N r up-gaɖrd nǎ lîc slīpñ flǎrz,
Fr ɖs, fr evrʈñ, w r ǎt v tyn;
It muvz s nt – Gret God! I’d rɖr b
A Pegn sucld in a crīd ǎtwòrn;
So mt I, standñ on ɖs pleznt li,
Hv glimsz ɖt wd mc m les f’lorn;
Hv sît v Protịs rîzñ fṛm ɖ sì;
Or hír old Trîtn blo hiz rīɖid horn.
It z a bytịs īvnñ, cām n fri,
Ɖ holi tîm z qayt az a Nun
Breʈlis wɖ aḍreśn; ɖ brōd sún
Z sncñ dǎn in its tranqiḷti;
Ɖ jntlnis v hevn brūdz ’r ɖ Sì;
Lisn! ɖ mîti Biyñ z awec,
N dʈ wɖ hiz itrnl mośn mc
A sǎnd lîc ʈundr—evrlastñli.
Dir ćîld! dir Grl! ɖt wōcist wɖ m hir,
F ɖǎ apir untućt bî soḷm ʈt,
Ɖî nećr z nt ɖrfr les dvîn:
Ɖǎ lîist in Ebṛm’z bŭzm ol ɖ yir;
N wrśipst at ɖ Templ’z inr śrîn,
God biyñ wɖ ɖi ẃn w nǒ it nt.
LÎNZ CMPOZD A FY MÎLZ ABV TINTRN ABI, on Rīviẓtñ ɖ Bancs v ɖ Wî jrñ a Tur. Jlî 13, 1798
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Fîv yirz hv past; fîv sumrz, wɖ ɖ leñʈ V fîv loñ wintrz! n agn I hír Ɖz wōtrz, rolñ fṛm ɖer mǎntinsprñz Wɖ a soft inḷnd mrmr.—Wns agn D I bhold ɖz stīp n lofti clifs, Ɖt on a wîld s’cludd sīn impres Ʈts v mor dīp s’cluźn; n cnct Ɖ lanscep wɖ ɖ qayt v ɖ scî. Ɖ de z cm ẃn I agn rpoz Hir, undr ɖs darc sic̣mor, n vy Ɖz plots v cotijgrǎnd, ɖz orć̣dtufts, Ẃć at ɖs sīzn, wɖ ɖer unrîp frūts, R clad in wn grīn hy, n lūz ɖmslvz ’Mid grovz n copsz. Wns agn I si Ɖz hejroz, hardli hejroz, litl lînz V sportiv wŭd run wîld: ɖz pastṛl farmz, Grīn t ɖ vri dor; n rīɖz v smoc Snt p, in sîḷns, fṛm amñ ɖ triz! Wɖ sm unsrtn notis, az mt sīm V vegṛnt dwelrz in ɖ hǎslis wŭdz, Or v sm Hrmit’s cev, ẃr bî hiz fîr Ɖ Hrmit sits alon.
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Ɖz bytịs formz, Ʈru a loñ absns, hv nt bn t m Az z a lanscep t a blînd man’z î: Bt oft, in lonli rūmz, n ’mid ɖ din V tǎnz n sitiz, I hv oud t ɖm, In aurz v wirinis, snseśnz swīt, Flt in ɖ blud, n flt alñ ɖ hart; N pasñ īvn intu mî pyrr mînd Wɖ tranqil resṭreśn:—fīlñz tù V unrimembrd pleźr: sć, phps, Az hv no slît or trivịl inflụns On ɖt bst porśn v a gd man’z lîf, Hiz litl, nemlis, unrimembrd, acts V cîndnis n v luv. Nr les, I trust, T ɖm I me hv oud anɖr gift, V aspect mor sblîm; ɖt blesid mūd, In ẃć ɖ brɖn v ɖ misṭri, In ẃć ɖ hevi n ɖ wiri weit V ol ɖs uninteliɉbl wrld, Z lîtnd:—ɖt srīn n blesid mūd, In ẃć ɖ afx́nz jntli līd s on,— Untl, ɖ breʈ v ɖs corporịl frem N īvn ɖ mośn v ǎr hymn blud Olmst sspndd, w r leid aslip In bodi, n bcm a livñ soul: Ẃl wɖ an î md qayt bî ɖ pǎr V harṃni, n ɖ dīp pǎr v jô, W si intu ɖ lîf v ʈñz.
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F ɖs B bt a ven b’lif, yt, ǒ! hǎ oft— In darcnis n amd ɖ mni śeps V jôlis dêlît; ẃn ɖ fretfl str Unprofitbl, n ɖ fīvr v ɖ wrld, Hv huñ upn ɖ bìtñz v mî hart— Hǎ oft, in spirit, hv I trnd t ɖi, O silvn Wî! ɖǎ wondrr ʈru ɖ wŭdz, Hǎ ofn hz mî spirit trnd t ɖi!
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N nǎ, wɖ glīmz v haf-xtnḡśt ʈt, Wɖ mni recgniśnz dim n fent, N smẃt v a sad pplex̣ti, Ɖ picćr v ɖ mînd rvîvz agn: Ẃl hir I stand, nt onli wɖ ɖ sns V preznt pleźr, bt wɖ plizñ ʈts Ɖt in ɖs momnt ɖr z lîf n fūd Fr fyćr yirz. N so I der t hop, Ɖo ćenjd, no dǎt, fṛm ẃt I wz ẃn frst I cem amñ ɖz hilz; ẃn lîc a rou I bǎndd ’r ɖ mǎntinz, bî ɖ sîdz V ɖ dīp rivrz, n ɖ lonli strīmz, Ẃrvr nećr léd: mor lîc a man Flayñ fṛm smʈñ ɖt h dredz, ɖn wn Hu sòt ɖ ʈñ h luvd. Fr nećr ɖen (Ɖ cōrsr pleźrz v mî bôiś dez N ɖer glad animlmuvmnts ol gn bî) T m wz ol in ol.—I canot pent Ẃt ɖen I wz. Ɖ sǎndñ caṭract Hōntd m lîc a paśn: ɖ tōl roc, Ɖ mǎntin, n ɖ dīp n glūmi wŭd, Ɖer culrz n ɖer formz, wr ɖen t m An aṗtît; a fīlñ n a luv, Ɖt hd no nīd v a rmotr ćarm, Bî ʈt s’plaid, nt eni inṭrest Unboroud fṛm ɖ î.—Ɖt tîm z past, N ol its ecñ jôz r nǎ no mor, N ol its dizi rapćrz. Nt fr ɖs Fent I, nr mōrn nr mrmr; uɖr gifts Hv foloud; fr sć los, I wd b’liv, Abundnt recmpns. Fr I hv lrnt T lc on nećr, nt az in ɖ aur V ʈtlis yʈ; bt hírñ ofntîmz Ɖ stl sad ḿzic v hymaṇti, Nr harś nr greitñ, ɖo v ampl pǎr T ćesn n sbdy.—N I hv flt A prezns ɖt dstrbz m wɖ ɖ jô V eḷvetd ʈts; a sns sblîm V smʈñ far mor dīpli inṭfyzd, Huz dwelñ z ɖ lît v setñ súnz, N ɖ rnd ośn n ɖ livñ er, N ɖ blu scî, n in ɖ mînd v man: A mośn n a spirit, ɖt impelz Ol ʈncñ ʈñz, ol objicts v ol ʈt, N rolz ʈru ol ʈñz. Ɖrfr am I stl A luvr v ɖ medoz n ɖ wŭdz N mǎntinz; n v ol ɖt w bhold Fṛm ɖs grīn rʈ; v ol ɖ mîti wrld V î, n ir,—bʈ ẃt ɖe haf criet, N ẃt psiv; wel plizd t rec̣gnîz In nećr n ɖ lanḡj v ɖ sns Ɖ ancr v mî pyrist ʈts, ɖ nrs, Ɖ gîd, ɖ gardịn v mî hart, n soul V ol mî moṛl biyñ.
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Nr pćans, F I wr nt ɖus tòt, śd I ɖ mor Sufr mî jīńl spirits t dce: Fr ɖǎ art wɖ m hir upn ɖ bancs V ɖs fer rivr; ɖǎ mî dirist Frend, Mî dir, dir Frend; n in ɖî vôs I cać Ɖ lanḡj v mî formr hart, n rīd Mî formr pleźrz in ɖ śūtñ lîts V ɖî wîld îz. Ǒ! yt a litl ẃl Me I bhold in ɖi ẃt I wz wns, Mî dir, dir Sistr! n ɖs prer I mc, Nwñ ɖt Nećr nvr dd btre Ɖ hart ɖt luvd hr; ’tiz hr priṿlij, Ʈru ol ɖ yirz v ɖs ǎr lîf, t līd Fṛm jô t jô: fr ś cn so inform Ɖ mînd ɖt z wɖn s, so impres Wɖ qaytnis n byti, n so fīd Wɖ lofti ʈts, ɖt nɖr īvl tuñz, Raś jujmnts, nr ɖ snirz v slfiś men, Nr grītñz ẃr no cîndnis z, nr ol Ɖ driri inṭcors v dêli lîf, Śl e’r privel agnst s, or dstrb Ǎr ćirfl feʈ, ɖt ol ẃć w bhold Z fl v blesñz. Ɖrfr let ɖ mūn Śîn on ɖi in ɖî soliṭri wōc; N let ɖ misti mǎntinwindz b fri T blo agnst ɖi: n, in aftr yirz, Ẃn ɖz wîld xṭsiz śl b mtyrd Intu a sobr pleźr; ẃn ɖî mînd Śl b a manśn fr ol luvli formz, Ɖî meṃri b az a dwelñples Fr ol swīt sǎndz n harṃniz; ǒ! ɖen, F soḷtyd, or fir, or pen, or grīf, Śd b ɖî porśn, wɖ ẃt hīlñ ʈts V tndr jô wlt ɖǎ rmembr m, N ɖz mî xorteśnz! Nr, pćans— F I śd b ẃr I no mor cn hír Ɖî vôs, nr cać fṛm ɖî wîld îz ɖz glīmz V past xistns—wlt ɖǎ ɖen fget Ɖt on ɖ bancs v ɖs dlîtfl strīm W std tgɖr; n ɖt I, so loñ A wrśpr v Nećr, hiɖr cem Unwirid in ɖt srvis: rɖr se Wɖ wormr luv—ǒ! wɖ far dīpr zīl V hǒlịr luv. Nr wlt ɖǎ ɖen fget, Ɖt aftr mni wonḍrñz, mni yirz V absns, ɖz stīp wŭdz n lofti clifs, N ɖs grīn pastṛl lanscep, wr t m Mor dir, bʈ fr ɖmslvz n fr ɖî sec!
