BAḶD OV Đ ƮRI SPECTRZ
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Az I wnt p bî Ovilrz
In mud n wōtr cold t ɖ ni,
Ɖr wnt ʈri jirñ, flirñ spectrz,
Ɖt wōct abrest n tōct v m.
Ɖ frst sd, ‘Hir’z a rît brev soljr
Ɖt wōcs ɖ darc unfirñli;
Sn h’l cm bac on a fîn strećr,
N lāfñ fr a nîs Blîti.’
Ɖ secnd, ‘Rīd hiz fes, old comred,
No cnd v luci ćans I si;
Wn de h’l frīz in mud t ɖ maro,
Ɖen lc hiz last on Pic̣di.’
Ɖo bitr ɖ wrd v ɖz frst twen
Crsz ɖ ʈrd spat venṃsli;
‘H’l ste untućt tl ɖ wor’z last dōnñ
Ɖn liv wn aur v aġni.’
Layrz ɖ frst tū wr. Bhold m
At slǒpñ armz bî wn – tū – ʈri;
Wêtñ ɖ tîm I śl dscuvr
Ẃɖr ɖ ʈrd speic veṛti.
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