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Ol de n nît, sev wintr, evri weɖr,
Abv ɖ ín, ɖ smiʈi, n ɖ śop,
Ɖ aspnz at ɖ crosrodz tōc tgɖr
V ren, untl ɖer last līvz fōl fṛm ɖ top.

Ǎt v ɖ blacsmiʈ’s cavn cmz ɖ rññ
V hamr, śu, n anvil; ǎt v ɖ ín
Ɖ clinc, ɖ hum, ɖ ror, ɖ randm sññ—
Ɖ sǎndz ɖt fr ɖz fifti yirz hv bn.

Ɖ ẃispr v ɖ aspnz z nt drǎnd,
N ovr lîtlis pein n ftlis rod,
Emti az scî, wɖ evri uɖr sǎnd
Nt sīsñ, cōlz ɖer gosts fṛm ɖer abod,

A sîḷnt smiʈi, a sîḷnt ín, nr felz
In ɖ bér mūnlît or ɖ ʈic-frd glūm,
In tmpist or ɖ nît v nîtngelz,
T trn ɖ crosrodz t a gostli rūm.

N it wd b ɖ sem wr no hǎs nir.
Ovr ol sorts v weɖr, men, n tîmz,
Aspnz mst śec ɖer līvz n men me hír
Bt nīd nt lisn, mor ɖn t mî rîmz.

Ẃtvr wind bloz, ẃl ɖe n I hv līvz
W canot uɖr ɖn an aspn b
Ɖt sīslisli, unrīzṇbli grīvz,
Or so men ʈnc hu lîc a difṛnt tri.

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