Fṛm y hv I bn absnt in ɖ sprñ,
Ẃn prǎd paid Epril,

drest in ol hiz trim,

Hʈ pt a spirit v yʈ in evrʈñ,
Ɖt hevi Satn laft n lept wɖ him.
Yt nr ɖ lez v brdz,

nr ɖ swīt smel

V difṛnt flǎrz in ǒdr n in hy,
Cd mc m eni sumr’z stori tel,
Or fṛm ɖer prǎd lap

pluc ɖm ẃr ɖe grù:

Nr dd I wundr at ɖ lili’z ẃît,
Nr prêz ɖ dīp vmiłn in ɖ rôz;
Ɖe wr bt swīt, bt figrz v dlît,
Drwn aftr y, y patn v ol ɖoz.
Yt sīmd it wintr stl, n y awe,
Az wɖ yr śado I wɖ ɖz dd ple.