Clasics in Ñspel: My tongue-tied Muse in manners holds her still – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 85

Sonit 85: Mî tuñ-taid Ḿz in manrz holdz hr stil

WIŁM ŚECSPIR

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Mî tuñ-taid Ḿz

in manrz holdz hr stil,

Ẃl coments v yr prêz rićli cmpîld,
Rzrv ɖer caṛctr wɖ goldn qil,
N preśs frêz bî ol ɖ Ḿzz fîld.
I ʈnc gd ʈts,

ẃlst uɖrz rait gd wrdz,

N lîc unletrd clarc stl crî ‘Āmén’
T evri hím ɖt ebl spirit afordz,
In poliśt form v wel-rfînid pén.
Hírñ y prezd, I se ‘’tiz so, ’tiz tru,’
N t ɖ most v prêz ad smʈñ mor;
Bt ɖt z in mî ʈt, huz luv t y,
Ɖo wrdz cm hîndmost,

holdz hiz ranc bfr.

Ɖen uɖrz, fr ɖ breʈ v wrdz rspct,
M fr mî dum ʈts, spīcñ in ifct.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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