Ǒd: INṬMEŚNZ OV IMORTAḶTI
fṛm Rec̣lex́nz ov Rli Ćîldhd
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Ɖr wz a tîm ẃn medo, grov, n strīm,
Ɖ rʈ, n evri comn sît,
T m dd sīm
Apaṛld in s’lesćl lît,
Ɖ glori n ɖ freśnis v a drīm.
It z nt nǎ az it hʈ bn v yor;—
Trn ẃr-so-e’r I me,
Bî nît or de.
Ɖ ʈñz ẃć I hv sìn I nǎ cn si no mor.
Ɖ Renbo cmz n gz,
N luvli z ɖ Rôz,
Ɖ Mūn dʈ wɖ dlît
Lc rnd hr ẃn ɖ hevnz r bér,
Wōtrz on a stari nît
R bytifl n fer;
Ɖ súnśîn z a glorịs brʈ;
Bt yt I nǒ, ẃr-e’r I g,
Ɖt ɖr hʈ past awe a glori fṛm ɖ rʈ.
Nǎ, ẃl ɖ brdz ɖus sñ a joys soñ,
N ẃl ɖ yuñ lamz bǎnd
Az t ɖ tebor’z sǎnd,
T m alon ɖr cem a ʈt v grīf:
A tîmli utṛns gev ɖt ʈt rlif,
N I agn am stroñ:
Ɖ caṭracts blo ɖer trumpits fṛm ɖ stīp;
No mor śl grīf v mîn ɖ sīzn roñ;
I hír ɖ Ecoz ʈru ɖ mǎntnz ʈroñ,
Ɖ Windz cm t m fṛm ɖ fīldz v slīp,
N ol ɖ rʈ z ge;
Land n sì
Gv ɖmslvz p t joḷti,
N wɖ ɖ hart v Me
Dʈ evri Bīst cīp hoḷde;—
Ɖǎ Ćîld v Jô,
Śǎt rnd m, let m hír ɖî śǎts, ɖǎ hapi Śeṗdbô.
Yi blessèd crīćrz, I hv hŕd ɖ cōl
Yi t ć uɖr mc; I si
Ɖ hevnz laf wɖ y in yr jūḅli;
Mî hart z at yr fstivl,
Mî hed hʈ its c’ronl,
Ɖ flnis v yr blis, I fīl—I fīl it ol.
Ǒ īvl de! f I wr suḷn
Ẃl Rʈ hrslf z adornñ,
Ɖs swīt Me mornñ,
N ɖ Ćildṛn r culñ
On evri sîd,
In a ʈǎznd valiz far n wîd,
Freś flǎrz; ẃl ɖ sún śînz worm,
N ɖ Beb līps p on hiz Muɖr’z arm:—
I hír, I hír, wɖ jô I hír!
—Bt ɖr’z a Tri, v mni, wn,
A sngl fīld ẃć I hv lct upn,
Bʈ v ɖm spīc v smʈñ ɖt z gn;
Ɖ Panzi at mî fīt
Dʈ ɖ sem têl rpit:
Ẃiɖr z fled ɖ viźnri glīm?
Ẃr z it nǎ, ɖ glori n ɖ drīm?
Ǎr brʈ z bt a slīp n a fgetñ:
Ɖ Soul ɖt rîzz wɖ s, ǎr lîf’s Star,
Hʈ hd elsẃr its setñ,
N cometh fṛm afar:
Nt in intîr fgetflnis,
N nt in utr necidnis,
Bt trelñ clǎdz v glori d w cm
Fṛm God, hu z ǎr hom:
Hevn lîz abt s in ǎr inf̣nsi!
Śêdz v ɖ priznhǎs bgin t cloz
Upn ɖ growñ Bô,
Bt h bholdz ɖ lît, n ẃns it floz,
H siz it in hiz jô;
Ɖ Yʈ, hu dêli farɖr fṛm ɖ īst
Mst travl, stl z Nećr’z Prīst,
N bî ɖ viźn splendid
Z on hiz we atndd;
At leñʈ ɖ Man psivz it dî awe,
N fed intu ɖ lît v comn de.
Rʈ filz hr lap wɖ pleźrz v hr ǒn;
Yrnñz ś hʈ in hr ǒn naćṛl cnd,
N, īvn wɖ smʈñ v a Muɖr’z mînd,
N no unwrɖi em,
Ɖ homli Nrs dʈ ol ś cn
T mc hr Fostrćîld, hr Inmet Man,
Fget ɖ gloriz h hʈ noun,
N ɖt impirịl palis ẃns h cem.
Bhold ɖ Ćîld amñ hiz ny-born blisz,
A six yirz’ Darlñ v a pigmy sîz!
Si, ẃr ’mid wrc v hiz ǒn hand h lîz,
Fretd bî saliz v hiz muɖr’z cisz,
Wɖ lît upn him fṛm hiz faɖr’z îz!
Si, at hiz fīt, sm litl plan or ćart,
Sm fragmnt fṛm hiz drīm v hymn lîf,
Śept bî himslf wɖ nyli-lrnid art
A wedñ or a fstivl,
A mōrnñ or a fynṛl;
N ɖs hʈ nǎ hiz hart,
N untu ɖs h fremz hiz soñ:
Ɖen wl h fit hiz tuñ
T daylogz v biznis, luv, or strîf;
Bt it wl nt b loñ
E’r ɖs b ʈroun asd,
N wɖ ny jô n prîd
Ɖ litl Actr conz anɖr part;
Filñ fṛm tîm t tîm hiz “hymṛs stej”
Wɖ ol ɖ Prsnz, dǎn t pōlzid Ej,
Ɖt Lîf brñz wɖ hr in hr eqpij;
Az f hiz hol voceśn
Wr endlis iṃteśn.
Ɖǎ, huz xtirịr sembḷns dʈ b’lî
Ɖî Soul’z imnṣti;
Ɖǎ bst F’loṣfr, hu yt dst cīp
Ɖî heṛtij, ɖǎ Î amñ ɖ blînd,
Ɖt, def n sîḷnt, rīdst ɖ itrnl dīp,
Hōntd fr evr bî ɖ itrnl mînd,—
Mîti Prófit! Sír blest!
On hūm ɖoz truɖz d rest,
Ẃć w r tôlñ ol ǎr livz t fînd,
In darcnis lost, ɖ darcnis v ɖ grev;
Ɖǎ, ovr hūm ɖî Imortaḷti
Brūdz lîc ɖ De, a Mastr ’r a Slev,
A Prezns ẃć z nt t b pt bî;
Ɖǎ litl Ćîld, yt glorịs in ɖ mt
V hevn-born frīdm on ɖî biyñ’z hît,
Ẃ wɖ sć rnist penz dst ɖǎ pṛvoc
Ɖ yirz t brñ ɖ inevitbl yoc,
Ɖus blîndli wɖ ɖî blesidnis at strîf?
Fl sn ɖî Soul śl hv hr rʈli frêt,
N custm lî upn ɖi wɖ a weit,
Hevi az frost, n dīp olmst az lîf!
O jô! ɖt in ǎr embrz
Z smʈñ ɖt dʈ liv,
Ɖt Nećr yt rmembrz
Ẃt wz so fyɉtiv!
Ɖ ʈt v ǎr past yirz in m dʈ brīd
Ppćl beṇdix́n: nt indd
Fr ɖt ẃć z most wrɖi t b blest;
Dlît n liḅti, ɖ simpl crīd
V Ćîldhd, ẃɖr bizi or at rest,
Wɖ ny-flejd hop stl fluṭrñ in hiz brest:—
Nt fr ɖz I rêz
Ɖ soñ v ʈancs n prêz
Bt fr ɖoz obstiṇt qsćnñz
V sns n ǎtwd ʈñz,
Fōlñz fṛm s, vaṇśñz;
Blanc msgvñz v a Crīćr
Muvñ abt in wrldz nt riylîzd,
Hî instñts bfr ẃć ǎr mortl Nećr
Dd trembl lîc a gilti ʈñ s’prîzd:
Bt fr ɖoz frst afx́nz,
Ɖoz śadǒi rec̣lex́nz,
Ẃć, b ɖe ẃt ɖe me
R yt ɖ fǎntnlît v ol ǎr de,
R yt a mastrlît v ol ǎr siyñ;
Uphold s, ćeriś, n hv pǎr t mc
Ǎr nôzi yirz sīm momnts in ɖ biyñ
V ɖ itrnl Sîḷns: truɖz ɖt wec,
T periś nvr;
Ẃć nɖr listlisnis, nr mad indevr,
Nr Man nr Bô,
Nr ol ɖt z at enṃti wɖ jô,
Cn utrli aboliś or dstrô!
Hns in a sīzn v cām weɖr
Ɖo inḷnd far w b,
Ǎr Soulz hv sît v ɖt imortl sì
Ẃć bròt s hiɖr,
Cn in a momnt travl ɖiɖr,
N si ɖ Ćildṛn sport upn ɖ śor,
N hír ɖ mîti wōtrz rolñ eṿmor.
Ɖen sñ, yi Brdz, sñ, sñ a joys soñ!
N let ɖ yuñ Lamz bǎnd
Az t ɖ tebor’z sǎnd!
W in ʈt wl jôn yr ʈroñ,
Yi ɖt pîp n yi ɖt ple,
Yi ɖt ʈru yr hārts tde
Fīl ɖ gladnis v ɖ Me!
Ẃt ɖo ɖ redịns ẃć wz wns so brît
B nǎ fr evr tecn fṛm mî sît,
Ɖo nʈñ cn brñ bac ɖ aur
V splendr in ɖ gras, v glori in ɖ flǎr;
W wl grīv nt, rɖr fînd
Streñʈ in ẃt rmenz bhnd;
In ɖ prîml simṗʈi
Ẃć hvñ bn mst evr b;
In ɖ suɖñ ʈts ɖt sprñ
Ǎt v hymn suf̣rñ;
In ɖ feʈ ɖt lcs ʈru deʈ,
In yirz ɖt brñ ɖ fiḷsofic mînd.
N O, yi Fǎntnz, Medoz, Hilz, n Grovz,
Fōrbod nt eni seṿrñ v ǎr luvz!
Yt in mî hart v hārts I fīl yr mt;
I onli hv rlinqiśt wn dlît
T liv bnʈ yr mor hbićl swe.
I luv ɖ Brŭcs ẃć dǎn ɖer ćanlz fret,
Īvn mor ɖn ẃn I tript lîtli az ɖe;
Ɖ iṇsnt brîtnis v a ny-born De
Z luvli yt;
Ɖ Clǎdz ɖt gaɖr rnd ɖ setñ sún
D tec a sobr cuḷrñ fṛm an î
Ɖt hʈ cept woć ’r man’z mortaḷti;
Anɖr rês hʈ bn, n uɖr pāmz r wún.
Ʈancs t ɖ hymn hart bî ẃć w liv,
Ʈancs t its tndrnis, its jôz, n firz,
T m ɖ mīnist flǎr ɖt bloz cn gv
Ʈts ɖt d ofn lî tù dīp fr tirz.
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