Sonit 97: Hǎ lîc a wintr hʈ mî absns bn
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Hǎ lîc a wintr hʈ mî absns bn
Fṛm ɖi, ɖ pleźr v ɖ flītñ yir!
Ẃt frizñz hv I flt, ẃt darc dez sìn!
Ẃt old Dsmbr’z bérnis evrẃr!
N yt ɖs tîm rmuvd wz sumr’z tîm;
Ɖ tìmñ ōtm, big wɖ rić incris,
Bẹrñ ɖ wontn brdn v ɖ prîm,
Lîc widoud wūmz
aftr ɖer lordz’ dsis:
Yt ɖs abundnt iśu sīmd t m
Bt hop v orfnz, n unfaɖrd frūt;
Fr sumr n hiz pleźrz wêt on ɖi,
N, ɖǎ awe, ɖ vri brdz r ḿt:
Or, f ɖe sñ, ’tiz wɖ so dul a ćir,
Ɖt līvz lc pel, dredñ ɖ wintr’z nir.
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