Clasics in Ñspel: Lo, as a careful housewife runs to catch – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 143

Sonit 143: Lǒ, az a cerfl hǎswîf runz t cać

WIŁM ŚECSPIR

Lǒ, az a cerfl hǎswîf runz t cać
Wn v hr feɖrd crīćrz brouc awe,
Sets dǎn hr beb,

n mcs ol swift dspać

In psyt v ɖ ʈñ ś wd hv ste;
Ẃlst hr nglectd ćîld

holdz hr in ćes,

Crîz t cać hr huz bizi cer z bnt
T folo ɖt ẃć flîz bfr hr fes,
Nt prîzñ hr pur inf̣nt’s discntnt;
So runst ɖǎ aftr ɖt ẃć flîz fṛm ɖi,
Ẃlst I ɖî beb ćes ɖi afar bhnd;
Bt f ɖǎ cać ɖî hop, trn bac t m,
N ple ɖ muɖr’z part, cis m, b cînd;
So wl I pre ɖt ɖǎ mêst hv ɖî ‘Wil,’
F ɖǎ trn bac n mî lǎd crayñ stil.



"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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