Clasics in Ñspel: When in the chronicle of wasted time – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 106

Sonit 106: Ẃn in ɖ cronicl v westd tîm

WIŁM ŚECSPIR

Ẃn in ɖ cronicl v westd tîm
I si dscripśnz v ɖ fẹrist wîts,
N byti mcñ bytifl old rîm,
In prêz v lediz ded n luvli naits,
Ɖen, in ɖ blezn v swīt byti’z bst,
V hand, v ft, v lip, v î, v brǎ,
I si ɖer antīc pén wd hv xprest
Īvn sć a byti az y mastr nǎ.
So ol ɖer prezz r bt prof̣siz
V ɖs ǎr tîm, ol y prīfiġrñ;
N fr ɖe lct bt wɖ dvînñ îz,
Ɖe hd nt scil inuf yr wrʈ t sñ:
Fr w, ẃć nǎ bhold ɖz preznt dez,
Hv îz t wundr, bt lac tuñz t prêz.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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