FROST AT MIDNÎT
Ɖ Frost pformz its sīcrit miṇstri,
Unhlpt bî eni wind. Ɖ ǎlit’s crî
Cem lǎd—n harc, agn! lǎd az bfr.
Ɖ inmets v mî cotij, ol at rest,
Hv left m t ɖt soḷtyd, ẃć sūts
Abstrūsr ḿzñz: sev ɖt at mî sîd
Mî credld inf̣nt slumbrz pīsf̣li.
’tiz cām indd! so cām, ɖt it dstrbz
N vxz medteśn wɖ its strenj
N xtrim sîḷntnis. Sì, hil, n wŭd,
Ɖs popyḷs vilij! Sì, n hil, n wŭd,
Wɖ ol ɖ numbrlis gwñz-on v lîf,
Inōḍbl az drīmz! ɖ ʈin blu flem
Lîz on mî lo-brnt fîr, n qivrz nt;
Onli ɖt film, ẃć flutrd on ɖ greit,
Stl flutrz ɖr, ɖ sol unqayt ʈñ.
Mīʈncs, its mośn in ɖs huś v nećr
Gvz it dim simṗʈiz wɖ m hu liv,
Mcñ it a cmpańṇbl form,
Huz pyni flaps n frīcs ɖ îḍlñ Spirit
Bî its ǒn mūdz intrpṛts, evrẃr
Eco or mirr sīcñ v itslf,
N mcs a tô v Ʈt.
Bt O! hǎ oft,
Hǎ oft, at scūl, wɖ most b’livñ mînd,
Prisejfl, hv I gezd upn ɖ barz,
T woć ɖt fluṭrñ strenjr! n az oft
Wɖ unclozd lidz, olrdi hd I dremt
V mî swīt brʈples, n ɖ old ćrćtǎr,
Huz belz, ɖ pur man’z onli ḿzic, rañ
Fṛm morn t īvnñ, ol ɖ hot Ferde,
So swītli, ɖt ɖe strd n hōntd m
Wɖ a wîld pleźr, fōlñ on mîn ir
Most lîc artikḷt sǎndz v ʈñz t cm!
So gezd I, tl ɖ suɖñ ʈñz, I dremt,
Luld m t slīp, n slīp pṛloñd mî drīmz!
N so I brūdd ol ɖ folowñ morn,
Ōd bî ɖ strn prisptr’z fes, mîn î
Fixt wɖ moc studi on mî swimñ bc:
Sev f ɖ dor haf-opnd, n I snaćt
A hesti glans, n stl mî hart lept p,
Fr stl I hopt t si ɖ strenjr’z fes,
Tǎnzmn, or ānt, or sistr mor b’luvid,
Mî plêmêt ẃn w bʈ wr cloɖd alîc!
Dir Beb, ɖt slīpist credld bî mî sîd,
Huz jntl briɖñz, hŕd in ɖs dīp cām,
Fil p ɖ inṭsprsid vec̣nsiz
N momntri pōzz v ɖ ʈt!
Mî beb so bytifl! it ʈrilz mî hart
Wɖ tndr gladnis, ɖus t lc at ɖi,
N ʈnc ɖt ɖǎ ślt lrn far uɖr lor,
N in far uɖr sīnz! Fr I wz rird
In ɖ gret siti, pnt ’mid clôstrz dim,
N sw nòt luvli bt ɖ scî n starz.
Bt ɖǎ, mî beb! ślt wondr lîc a brīz
Bî lecs n sandi śorz, bnʈ ɖ cragz
V enćnt mǎntin, n bnʈ ɖ clǎdz,
Ẃć imij in ɖer bulc bʈ lecs n śorz
N mǎntincragz: so ślt ɖǎ si n hír
Ɖ luvli śeps n sǎndz inteliɉbl
V ɖt itrnl lanḡj, ẃć ɖî God
Utrz, hu fṛm itrṇti dʈ tīć
Himslf in ol, n ol ʈñz in himslf.
Gret yṇvrsl Tīćr! h śl mold
Ɖî spirit, n bî gvñ mc it asc.
Ɖrfr ol sīznz śl b swīt t ɖi,
Ẃɖr ɖ sumr cloɖ ɖ jenṛl rʈ
Wɖ grīņis, or ɖ redbrest sit n sñ
Btwixt ɖ tufts v sno on ɖ bér branć
V mosi apltri, ẃl ɖ nî ʈać
Smocs in ɖ súnʈw; ẃɖr ɖ īvdrops fōl
Hŕd onli in ɖ transz v ɖ blast,
Or f ɖ sīcrit miṇstri v frost
Śl hañ ɖm p in sîḷnt îsiclz,
Qaytli śînñ t ɖ qayt Mūn.