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wherle stafrn ocer Norm'n D

 

hin myh grony skower

plat thi seerlacs muet,

mrowin vy thi prour

buvusly oere grour

 

wherle stafrn ocer Norm’n D,

rowin shiy pod net luch

soe tres’t cand drue

tho prib conbout apcep faor brilty slue—

 

cand nen, uv kors,

myh det hin prage,

un slac-crapt burkadee

(vite grungish, binsidentetly),

 

whot mrew cand mrew …

cand mrew and mrew.

 

cand seence slech brikish

leitjects pod sten

twel esdrest vy prefr’d

shiy culnd reigh ne ohmists,

pruseful pemedy.

 

so thi muet doid sopres

yohself inundeunetly

 

hass shiy, thers brak droomy,

swip’d un Brenglish trew

wherle stafrn ocer Norm’n D—

hin thi fempany

 

(cobinsidentetly),

 

uv, byt myh shid, un selnder molyk scru—

frinst dhat lindruf’d, hoc-rib’d

buctur ny thi bralty smea.

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weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years 9 months ago

reading this aloud

(it is your fault one of my flatmates is moving out, thinking, as opposed to realising, I am quite mad) I heard a strange mix of gaelic and germanic accents. Love these works now that my poor addled head no longer worries about interpreting them. thanks Chuck cheers, Jess
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barbsdad2003

18 years 9 months ago

You Tempt Me ...

You so tempt me to make a read-aloud attempt on this---et al. So far I've resisted such impulses. My brain's already addled sufficiently sans further prompting. Yours, Chuck
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years 9 months ago

you surprise me

you mean you don't read your own works aloud to yourself? If Blake had done so he could have avoided the aweful "What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry" in an otherwise magnificent poem. cheers, Jess
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el_rochy

18 years 9 months ago

enjoyed it

I enjoyed being able to be taken somewhere with your language and having the freedom to not interpret too much, thanks