ǑD ON MEḶNC̣LI
No, no, g nt t Līʈi, nɖr twist
Wlf’s-ben, tît-rūtd, fr its pôzṇs wîn;
Nr sufr ɖî pel fōrhed t b cist
Bî nîtśêd, rūbi grep v Proṣpîn;
Mc nt yr roẓri v ȳbériz,
Nr let ɖ bītl, nr ɖ deʈmoʈ b
Yr mōrnfl Sîci, nr ɖ dǎni ǎl
A partnr in yr soro’z misṭriz;
Fr śêd t śêd wl cm tù drǎẓli,
N drǎn ɖ wecfl anḡś v ɖ soul.
Bt ẃn ɖ meḷnc̣li fit śl fōl
Sudn fṛm hevn lîc a wīpñ clǎd,
Ɖt fostrz ɖ drūp-hedd flǎrz ol,
N hîdz ɖ grīn hil in an Epril śrǎd;
Ɖen glut ɖî soro on a mornñrǒz,
Or on ɖ renbo v ɖ sōlt sandwev,
Or on ɖ wlʈ v globid piyniz;
Or f ɖî mistris sm rić angr śoz,
Imprizn hr soft hand, n let hr rev,
N fīd dīp, dīp upn hr pirlis îz.
Ś dwelz wɖ Byti—Byti ɖt mst dî;
N Jô, huz hand z evr at hiz lips
Bidñ ady; n ecñ Pleźr nî,
Trnñ t pôzn ẃl ɖ bìmǎʈ sips:
Ai, in ɖ vri templ v Dlît
Veild Meḷnc̣li hz hr sovṛn śrîn,
Ɖo sìn v nn sev him huz strenẏs tuñ
Cn brst Jô’z grep agnst hiz palit fîn;
Hiz soul ślt test ɖ sadnis v hr mît,
N b amñ hr clǎdi trofiz huñ.