Clasics in Ñspel: CHRISTMAS CAROL, by Paul Laurence Dunbar

CRISṂS CAṚL

Pōl Loṛns Dunbar

Rñ ǎt, yi belz!
Ol Nećr swelz
Wɖ gladnis

at ɖ wundṛs stori, –

Ɖ wrld wz lorn,
Bt Crîst z born
T ćenj ǎr sadnis intu glori.

Sñ, rʈlñz, sñ!
Tnît a Cñ
Hʈ cm fṛm hevn’z hî ʈron

t bles s.

Ɖ ǎtstrećt hand
’r ol ɖ land
Z rezd in piti t c’res s.

Cm at hiz cōl;
B jôfl ol;
Awe wɖ mōrnñ

n wɖ sadnis!

Ɖ hevnli qîr
Wɖ holi fîr
Ɖer vôsz rêz

in soñz v gladnis.

Ɖ darcnis brecs
N Dōn awecs,
Hr ćīcs sfyzd

wɖ yʈfl bluśz.

Ɖ rocs n stonz
In holi tonz
R sññ swītr ɖn ɖ ʈruśz.

Ɖen ẃ śd w
In sîḷns b,
Ẃn Nećr lendz hr vôs

t prezz;

Ẃn hevn n rʈ
Pṛclem ɖ truʈ
V Him fr hūm

ɖt lon star blezz?

No, b nt stil,
Bt wɖ a wil
Strîc ol yr harps

n set ɖm rññ;

On hil n hīʈ
Let evri breʈ
Ʈro ol its pǎr intu sññ!

Redio 3 Caṛlcomṗtiśn 2020

CLASICS IN ÑSPEL

24/03/2021

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