Clasics in Ñspel: They that have power to hurt, and will do none – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 94

Sonit 94: Ɖe ɖt hv pǎr t hrt, n wl d nn

WIŁM ŚECSPIR

Ɖe ɖt hv pǎr t hrt, n wl d nn,
Ɖt d nt d ɖ ʈñ ɖe most d śo,
Hu, muvñ uɖrz, r ɖmslvz az ston,
Unmuvid, cold, n t tmteśn slo;
Ɖe rîtli d inherit hevn’z gresz,
N huzbnd nećr’z rićz fṛm xpns;
Ɖe r ɖ lordz n ǒnrz v ɖer fesz,
Uɖrz, bt stywdz v ɖer x’ḷns.
Ɖ sumr’z flǎr z t ɖ sumr swīt,
Ɖo t itslf, it onli liv n dî,
Bt f ɖt flǎr wɖ bes infx́n mīt,
Ɖ besist wīd ǎtbrevz hiz digṇti:
Fr swītist ʈñz

trn sǎrist bî ɖer dīdz;

Liliz ɖt fstr, smel far wrs ɖn wīdz.

"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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