SONITS FṚM Ɖ PORĆGĪZ, 1
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I ʈt wns hǎ Ʈiocriṭs hd suñ
V ɖ swīt yirz, ɖ dir n wśt-fr yirz,
Hu ć wn in a greśs hand apirz
T ber a gift fr mortlz, old or yuñ:
N, az I ḿzd it in hiz antīc tuñ,
I sw, in grajl viźn ʈru mî tirz,
Ɖ swīt, sad yirz, ɖ meḷnc̣li yirz,
Ɖoz v mî ǒn lîf, hu bî trnz hd fluñ
A śado acrs m. Stretwe I wz ’wer,
So wīpñ, hǎ a mistic Śep dd muv
Bhnd m, n drù m bcwd bî ɖ her;
N a vôs sd in masṭri, ẃl I strouv, –
“Ges nǎ hu holdz ɖi!” –
“Deʈ,” I sd, Bt, ɖr,
Ɖ silvr ansr rañ, “Nt Deʈ, bt Luv.”
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