Clasics in Ñspel: If thy soul check thee that I come so near – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 136

Sonit 136: F ɖî soul ćec ɖi ɖt I cm so nir

WIŁM ŚECSPIR

F ɖî soul ćec ɖi ɖt I cm so nir,
Swer t ɖî blînd soul ɖt I wz ɖî Wil,
N wil, ɖî soul nz, z admitd ɖr;
Ɖus far fr luv, mî luvsūt, swīt, flfil.
Wil, wl flfil ɖ treźr v ɖî luv,
Ai, fil it fl wɖ wilz, n mî wil wn.
In ʈñz v gret rsit wɖ īz w pruv
Amñ a numbr wn z recnd nn:
Ɖen in ɖ numbr let m pas untld,
Ɖo in ɖî stor’z acǎnt I wn mst b;
Fr nʈñ hold m, so it plīz ɖi hold
Ɖt nʈñ m, a smʈñ swīt t ɖi:
Mc bt mî nem ɖî luv, n luv ɖt stl,
N ɖen ɖǎ luvst m

fr mî nem z ‘Wil.’


"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

13/01/2023

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