REN ON A GREV
Clǎdz spǎt upn hr
Ɖer wōtrz amen
In ruʈlis dsden, –
Hr hu bt lêtli
Hd śivrd wɖ pen
Az at tuć v dsonr
F ɖr hd lit on hr
So coldli, so stretli
Sć aroz v ren:
Wn hu t śltr
Hr delic̣t hed
Wd qcn n qcn
Ć tnttiv tréd
F drops ćanst t plt hr
Ɖt sumrtîm spilz
In dust-pevn rilz
Ẃn ʈundrclǎdz ʈicn
N brdz cloz ɖer bílz.
Wd ɖt I le ɖr
N ś wr hǎzd hir!
Or betr, tgɖr
Wr foldd awe ɖr
Xpozd t wn weɖr
W bʈ, – hu wd stre ɖr
Ẃn súni ɖ de ɖr,
Or īvnñ wz clir
At ɖ prîm v ɖ yir.
Sn wl b growñ
Grīn bledz fṛm hr mǎnd,
N deiziz b śowñ
Lîc starz on ɖ grǎnd,
Tl ś form part v ɖm –
Ai – ɖ swīt hart v ɖm,
Luvd bynd meźr
Wɖ a ćîld’z pleźr
Ol hr lîf’s rǎnd.