Clasics in Ñspel: Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 87

Sonit 87: Férwel! ɖǎ art tù dir fr mî pzesñ

WIŁM ŚECSPIR

Férwel! ɖǎ art tù dir fr mî pzesñ,
N lîc inuf ɖǎ nǒst ɖî estiṃt,
Ɖ ćartr v ɖî wrʈ gvz ɖi rlisñ;
Mî bondz in ɖi r ol dtrmiṇt.
Fr hǎ d I hold ɖi bt bî ɖî grantñ?
N fr ɖt rićz ẃr z mî dzrvñ?
Ɖ cōz v ɖs fer gift in m z wontñ,
N so mî petnt bac agn z swrvñ.
Ɖîslf ɖǎ gevst,

ɖî ǒn wrʈ ɖen nt nwñ,

Or m t hūm ɖǎ gevst it els mstecñ;
So ɖî gret gift,

upn mspriźn growñ,

Cmz hom agn,

on betr jujmnt mcñ.

Ɖus hv I hd ɖi, az a drīm dʈ flatr,
In slīp a cñ, bt wecñ no sć matr.

"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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