DSEBLD
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H sat in a ẃīld ćer, wêtñ fr darc,
N śivrd in hiz gastli sūt v gre,
Leglis, soun śort at elbo. Ʈru ɖ parc
Vôsz v bôz rañ saḍnñ lîc a hím,
Vôsz v ple n pleźr aftr de,
Tl gaɖrñ slīp hd muɖrd ɖm fṛm him.
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Abt ɖs tîm Tǎn yst t swñ so ge
Ẃn glǒlamps budd in ɖ lît-blu triz,
N grlz glanst luvlịr az ɖ er grù dim,—
In ɖ old tîmz, bfr h ʈrù awe hiz niz.
Nǎ h wl nvr fīl agn hǎ slim
Grlz’ weists r, or hǎ worm ɖer sutl handz,
Ol v ɖm tuć him lîc sm qir dziz.
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Ɖr wz an artist sili fr hiz fes,
Fr it wz yungr ɖn hiz yʈ, last yir.
Nǎ, h z old; hiz bac wl nvr bres;
H’z lost hiz culr vri far fṛm hir,
Pord it dǎn śelhoulz tl ɖ veinz ran drî,
N haf hiz lîftîm lapst in ɖ hot rês
N līp v prpl sprtd fṛm hiz ʈî.
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Wn tîm h lîct a bludsmir dǎn hiz leg,
Aftr ɖ maćz carid śoldr-hî.
It wz aftr ftbōl, ẃn h’d drunc a peg,
H ʈt h’d betr jôn. H wundrz ẃ.
Smwn hd sd h’d lc a god in cilts.
Ɖt’s ẃ; n mbi, tù, t plīz hiz Meg,
Ai, ɖt wz it, t plīz ɖ gidi jilts,
H asct t jôn. H dd’nt hv t beg;
Smîlñ ɖe rout hiz lî: ejd nîntīn yirz.
Jrmnz h scersli ʈt v, ol ɖer gilt,
N Ostria’z, dd nt muv him. N no firz
V Fir cem yt. H ʈt v juwld hilts
Fr dagrz in pled socs; v smart s’lūts;
N cer v armz; n līv; n pe arirz;
Esprit de corps; n hints fr yuñ rcrūts.
N sn, h wz draftd ǎt wɖ drumz n ćirz.
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Sm ćird him hom, bt nt az crǎdz ćir Gol.
Onli a soḷm man hu bròt him frūts
Ʈanct him; n ɖen inqîrd abt hiz soul.
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Nǎ, h wl spend a fy sic yirz in insttyts,
N d ẃt ʈñz ɖ rūlz cnsidr wîz,
N tec ẃtvr piti ɖe me dǒl.
Tnît h notist hǎ ɖ wimin’z îz
Pást fṛm him t ɖ stroñ men ɖt wr hol.
Hǎ cold n lêt it z! Ẃ d’nt ɖe cm
N pt him intu bed? Ẃ d’nt ɖe cm?
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