DULCE ET DECORUM EST
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Bnt dubl, lîc old begrz undr sacs,
Noc-nìd, cofñ lîc hagz, w crst ʈru sluj,
Tl on ɖ hōntñ flerz w trnd ǎr bacs
N twdz ǎr distnt rest bgan t truj.
Men marćt aslip. Mni hd lost ɖer būts
Bt limt on, blud-śod. Ol wnt lem; ol blînd;
Drunc wɖ ftīg; def īvn t ɖ hūts
V dis’pôntd śelz ɖt dropt bhnd.
Gas! Gas! Qc, bôz! – An xṭsi v fumḅlñ,
Fitñ ɖ clumzi helmits jst in tîm;
Bt smwn stl wz yelñ ǎt n stumḅlñ,
N flǎnḍrñ lîc a man in fîr or lîm…
Dim, ʈru ɖ misti peinz n ʈic grīn lît,
Az undr a grīn sì, I sw him drǎnñ.
In ol mî drīmz, bfr mî hlplis sît,
H plunjz at m, guṭrñ, ćocñ, drǎnñ.
F in sm smuɖ̇rñ drīmz y tù cd pes
Bhnd ɖ wagn ɖt w fluñ him in,
N woć ɖ ẃît îz rîɖñ in hiz fes,
Hiz haññ fes, lîc a devl’z sic v sin;
F y cd hír, at evri jolt, ɖ blud
Cm garġlñ fṛm ɖ froʈ-c’ruptd luñz,
Obsin az cansr, bitr az ɖ cud
V vîl, inkṛbl sorz on iṇsnt tuñz,
Mî frend, y wd nt tel wɖ sć hî zst
T ćildṛn ardnt fr som despṛt glori,
Ɖ old Lî: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
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