Clasics in Ñspel: DIRGE WITHOUT MUSIC by Edna St. Vincent Millay

DRJ WƉT ḾZIC

Edna St Vinsnt Mile

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I am nt rzînd t ɖ śutñ awe

v luvñ hearts in ɖ hard grǎnd.

So it z, n so it wl b, fr so it hz bn,

tîm ǎt v mînd:

Intu ɖ darcnis ɖe g, ɖ wîz n ɖ luvli. Crǎnd
Wɖ liliz n wɖ loṛl ɖe g; bt I am nt rzînd.

Luvrz n ʈncrz, intu ɖ rʈ wɖ y.
B wn wɖ ɖ dul, ɖ indiscrimiṇt dust.
A fragmnt v ẃt y flt, v ẃt y ń,
A forḿla, a frêz rmenz – bt ɖ bst z lost.

Ɖ ansrz qc n cīn, ɖ onist lc, ɖ laftr, ɖ luv –
Ɖe r gn. Ɖe r gn t fīd ɖ rozz. Elignt n crld
Z ɖ blosm. Fregṛnt z ɖ blosm. I nǒ.

Bt I d nt apruv.

Mor preśs wz ɖ lît in yr îz

ɖn ol ɖ rozz in ɖ wrld.

Dǎn, dǎn, dǎn intu ɖ darcnis v ɖ grev
Jntli ɖe g, ɖ bytifl, ɖ tndr, ɖ cînd;
Qaytli ɖe g, ɖ intelijnt, ɖ witi, ɖ brev.
I nǒ. Bt I d nt apruv. N I am nt rzînd.

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CLASICS IN ÑSPEL

ÑSPEL

"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

16/06/2023

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