Clasics in Ñspel: O! how I faint when I of you do write – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 80

Sonit 80: Ǒ! hǎ I fent ẃn I v y d rait

WIŁM ŚECSPIR

Ǒ! hǎ I fent ẃn I v y d rait,
Nwñ a betr spirit dʈ yz yr nem,
N in ɖ prêz ɖr-ov

spendz ol hiz mît,

T mc m tuñ-taid spīcñ v yr fem.
Bt sins yr wrʈ, wîd az ɖ ośn z,
Ɖ humbl az ɖ prǎdist sêl dʈ ber,
Mî sōsi barc, infirịr far t hiz,
On yr brōd mên dʈ wilf̣li apir.
Yr śalǒist hlp wl hold m p aflot,
Ẃlst h upn yr sǎndlis dīp dʈ rîd;
Or, biyñ ráct, I am a wrʈlis bot,
H v tōl bildñ, n v gdli prîd:
Ɖen f h ʈrîv n I b cast awe,
Ɖ wrst wz ɖs, mî luv wz mî dce.

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