Clasics in Ñspel: THE WINDHOVER, by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Ɖ WINDHOVR

T Crîst ǎr Lord

I còt ɖs mornñ mornñ’z mińn, cñ-
dm v dêlît’s dǒfĩ, dapl-dōn-drwn Fōlcn, in hiz rîdñ
V ɖ rolñ levl undnʈ him stedi er, n strîdñ
Hî ɖr, hǎ h ruñ upn ɖ rein v a wimṗlñ wñ
In hiz xṭsi! ɖen of, of fʈ on swñ,
Az a scet’s hìl swīps smuɖ on a bo-bnd: ɖ hrl n glîdñ
Rbuſt ɖ big wind. Mî hart in hîdñ
Strd fr a brd, – ɖ aćiv v, ɖ masṭri v ɖ ʈñ!

Brūt byti n valr n act, ǒ, er, prîd, plūm, hir
Bucl! N ɖ fîr ɖt brecs fṛm ɖi ɖen, a biłn
Tîmz tld luvlịr, mor denjṛs, O mî śvałe!

No wundr v it: śir plod mcs plǎ dǎn siłn
Śîn, n blu-blīc embrz, ā mî dir,
Fōl, gōl ɖmslvz, n gaś gold-vmiłn.

CLASICS IN ÑSPEL

27/06/2020

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