Ɖ SCÎLARC
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Ɖ rolz n haroz lî at rest bsd
Ɖ batrd rod; n spredñ far n wîd
Abv ɖ rusit clodz, ɖ corn z sìn
Sprǎtñ its spîri pônts v tndr grīn,
Ẃr sqots ɖ hér, t terrz wîd awec,
Lîc sm brǎn clod ɖ haroz feld t brec.
Oṗnñ ɖer goldn cascits t ɖ sún,
Ɖ butrcups mc scūlbôz īgr run,
T si hu śl b frst t pluc ɖ prîz –
P fṛm ɖer huri, si, ɖ scîlarc flîz,
N ’r hr haf-formd nst, wɖ hapi wñz
Winoz ɖ er, tl in ɖ clǎd ś sñz,
Ɖen hañz a dustspot in ɖ súni scîz,
N drops, n drops, tl in hr nst ś lîz,
Ẃć ɖe unhīdd pást – nt drīmñ ɖen
Ɖt brdz ẃć flù so hî wd drop agn
T nsts upn ɖ grǎnd, ẃć enʈñ
Me cm at t dstrô. Hd ɖe ɖ wñ
Lîc sć a brd, ɖmslvz wd b tù prǎd,
N bild on nʈñ bt a pasñ clǎd!
Az fri fṛm denjr az ɖ hevnz r fri
Fṛm pen n tôl, ɖr wd ɖe bild n b,
N sêl abt ɖ wrld t sīnz unhŕd
V n unsìn – Ǒ, wr ɖe bt a brd!
So ʈnc ɖe, ẃl ɖe lisn t its soñ
N smîl n fansi n so pas alñ;
Ẃl its lo nst, môst wɖ ɖ dȳz v morn,
Lîz sefli, wɖ ɖ levṛt, in ɖ corn.
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