Clasics in Ñspel: Some glory in their birth, some in their skill – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 91

Sonit 91: Sm glori in ɖer brʈ, sm in ɖer scil

WIŁM ŚECSPIR

Sm glori in ɖer brʈ,

sm in ɖer scil,

Sm in ɖer wlʈ,

sm in ɖer bodi’z fors,

Sm in ɖer garmnts

ɖo ny-fangld il;

Sm in ɖer hōcs n hǎndz,

sm in ɖer hors;

N evri hymr hʈ hiz ajuñt pleźr,
Ẃr-in it fîndz a jô abv ɖ rest:
Bt ɖz ptiklrz r nt mî meźr,
Ol ɖz I betr in wn jenṛl bst.
Ɖî luv z betr ɖn hî brʈ t m,
Rićr ɖn wlʈ,

prǎdr ɖn garmnts’ cost,

V mor dlît ɖn hōcs or horsz b;
N hvñ ɖi, v ol men’z prîd I bost:
Rećid in ɖs alon, ɖt ɖǎ mêist tec
Ol ɖs awe, n m most rećid mc.

"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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