Clasics in Ñspel: Or whether doth my mind, being crowned with you – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 114

Sonit 114: Or ẃɖr dʈ mî mînd, biyñ crǎnd wɖ y

WIŁM ŚECSPIR

Or ẃɖr dʈ mî mînd,

biyñ crǎnd wɖ y,

Drinc p ɖ moṇc’s pleg, ɖs flaṭri?
Or ẃɖr śl I se, mîn î sêiʈ tru,
N ɖt yr luv tòt it ɖs alc̣mi,
T mc v monstrz n ʈñz indijest
Sć ćeṛbinz az yr swīt slf rzmbl,
Crietñ evri bad a prfict bst,
Az fast az objicts

t hiz bīmz asmbl?

Ǒ! ’tiz ɖ frst, ’tiz flaṭri in mî siyñ,
N mî gret mînd

most cñli drincs it p:

Mîn î wel nz

ẃt wɖ hiz gust z ’griyñ,

N t hiz palit dʈ priper ɖ cup:
F it b pôznd, ’tiz ɖ lesr sin
Ɖt mîn î luvz it n dʈ frst bgin.

"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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