FRST TÎM IN
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Aftr ɖ dred têlz n red yarnz v ɖ Lîn
Enʈñ mt hv cm t s; bt ɖ dvîn
Afṭglo bròt s p t a Wlś coḷni
Hîdñ in sandbag dićz, ẃisṗrñ cnsoḷtri
Soft foṛn ʈñz. Đen w wr tecn in
T lo huts candl-lit, śêdd clos bî slitn
Ôlśīts, n ɖr bt bôz gv s cînd welcm,
So ɖt we lct ǎt az fṛm ɖ éj v hom,
Sañ s Wlś ʈñz, n ćenjd ol formr nośnz
T hymn hopfl ʈñz. N ɖ nxt de’Z gunz
Nor eni Lînpañz evr qt cd blot ǎt
Đt strenjli bytifl entri t wor’z rǎt;
Candlz ɖe gev s, preśs n śerd ovŗaśnz—
Yḷsīz faund litl mor in hiz wonḍrñz
wɖt dǎt.
‘Devid v ɖ Ẃît Roc’, ɖ ‘Slumbrsoñ’
so soft, n ɖt
Bytifl tyn t ẃć rogiś wrdz bî Wlś pitbôz
R suñ—bt nvr mor bytifl ɖn hir
undr ɖ gunz’ nôz.
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