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Hōltd agnst ɖ śêd v a last hil,

Ɖe féd, n, layñ īzi, wr at īz

N, fîndñ cumftbl ćests n niz

Cerlisli slept.

Bt mni ɖr std stl

T fes ɖ starc, blanc scî bynd ɖ rij,

Nwñ ɖer fīt hd cm t ɖ end v ɖ wrld.

Marṿlñ ɖe std, n woćt ɖ loñ gras swrld

Bî ɖ Me brīz, mrmṛs wɖ wosp n mij,

Fr ɖo ɖ sumr ūzd intu ɖer veinz

Lîc ɖ injctd drug fr ɖer bonz’ penz,

Śarp on ɖer soulz huñ ɖ iminnt lîn v gras,

Firf̣li flaśt ɖ scî’z mstirịs glas.

Aur aftr aur ɖe pondr ɖ worm fīld—

N ɖ far vali bhnd, ẃr ɖ butrcups

Hd blest wɖ gold ɖer slo būts cmñ p,

Ẃr īvn ɖ litl bramblz wd nt yīld,

Bt clućt n cluñ t ɖm lîc sorowñ handz;

Ɖe briɖ lîc triz unstŕd.

Tl lîc a cold gust ʈrild ɖ litl wrd

At ẃć ć bodi n its soul bgrd

N tîtn ɖm fr batl. No alarmz

V byglz, no hî flagz, no clamṛs hest—

Onli a lift n fler v îz ɖt fest

Ɖ sún, lîc a frend wɖ hūm ɖer luv z dn.

O larjr śon ɖt smîl agnst ɖ sún,—

Mîtịr ɖn hiz huz bǎnti ɖz hv sprnd.

So, sn ɖe topt ɖ hil, n rêst tgɖr

Ovr an opn streć v hrb n heɖr

Xpozd. N instntli ɖ hol scî brnd

Wɖ fyri agnst ɖm; n soft sudn cups

Opnd in ʈǎzndz fr ɖer blud; n ɖ grīn slǒps

Cazmd n stīpnd śir t infiṇt spes.

V ɖm hu runñ on ɖt last hî ples

Lept t swift unsìn bŭlits, or wnt p

On ɖ hot blast n fyri v hel’z upsrj,

Or plunjd n fél awe past ɖs wrld’z vrj,

Sm se God còt ɖm īvn bfr ɖe fél.

Bt ẃt se sć az fṛm xistns’ brinc

Vnćrd bt drev tù swift t snc.

Ɖ fy hu ruśt in ɖ bodi t entr hel,

N ɖr ǎt-fīndñ ol its fīndz n flemz

Wɖ suṗhymn inhymaṇtiz,

Loñ-feṃs gloriz, immorịl śemz—

N crōlñ slǒli bac, hv bî dgriz

Rgend cūl pīsfl er in wundr—

Ẃ spīc ɖe nt v comredz ɖt wnt undr?

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