154 the brook

The Brook |ðǩ brȚk|

I come from haunts of coot and

With here a blossom sailing,

hern,

And here and there a lusty trout,

I make a sudden sally

And here and there a grayling,

And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.

And here and there a foamy flake
Upon me, as I travel

By thirty hills I hurry down,

With many a silvery waterbreak

Or slip between the ridges,

Above the golden gravel,

By twenty thorpes, a little town,
And half a hundred bridges.

And draw them all along, and flow
To join the brimming river

Till last by Philip's farm I flow

For men may come and men may

To join the brimming river,

go,

For men may come and men may

But I go on for ever.

go,
But I go on for ever.

I steal by lawns and grassy plots,
I slide by hazel covers;

I chatter over stony ways,

I move the sweet forget-me-nots

In little sharps and trebles,

That grow for happy lovers.

I bubble into eddying bays,

I babble on the pebbles.

I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance,
Among my skimming swallows;

With many a curve my banks I fret

I make the netted sunbeam dance

By many a field and fallow,

Against my sandy shallows.

And many a fairy foreland set
With willow-weed and mallow.

I murmur under moon and stars
In brambly wildernesses;

I chatter, chatter, as I flow

I linger by my shingly bars;

To join the brimming river,

I loiter round my cresses;

For men may come and men may
go,

And out again I curve and flow

But I go on for ever.

To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may

I wind about, and in and out,
COMPILED JUAN CARLOS DAVID

go, But I go on for ever.
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The Brook |ðǩ brȚk|

aǺ kȜm fr(ǩ)m hǤənts ǩv kuət ǩn(d)

ǩn(d) hǺǩr ǩn(d) ðǫǩr ǩ lȜsti trǡȚt |

hǬən |

ǩn(d) hǺǩr ǩn(d) ðǫǩr ǩ DZreǺlǺŋ |

aǺ meǺk ǩ sȜdnʜ sæli |
ǩn(d) spǡəklʜ ǡȚt ǩmȜŋ ðǩ fǬən |

ǩn(d) hǺǩr ǩn(d) ðǫǩr ǩ fǩȚmi fleǺk

tǩ bǺkǩ dǡȚn ǩ væli |

ǩpǢn miə | ǩz aǺ trævlʜ |
wǺð meni ǩ sǺlvǩri wǤ:tǩ breǺk |

baǺ θǬəti hǺlz aǺ hȜri dǡȚn |

ǩbȜv ðǩ DZǩȚld(ǩ)n DZrævlʜ |

Ǥə slǺp bǺtwiən ðǩ rǺdȢǺz |
baǺ twenti θǤ:ps | ǩ lǺtlʜ tǡȚn |

ǩn(d) drǤə ð(ǩ)m Ǥəl ǩlǢŋ | ǩn(d)

ǩn(d) hǡəf ǩ hȜndrǩd brǺdȢǺz |

flǩȚ |

tǺl lǡəst | baǺ fǺlǩps fǡəm aǺ flǩȚ |

tǩ dȢǤǺn ðǩ brǺmǺŋ rǺvǩ |

tǩ dȢǤǺn ðǩ brǺmǺŋ rǺvǩ |

fǩ men meǺ kȜm ǩn(d) men meǺ

fǩ men meǺ kȜm ǩn(d) men meǺ

DZǩȚ |

DZǩȚ |

bǩt aǺ DZǩ(Ț) Ǣn fǩr evǩ |

bǩt aǺ DZǩ(Ț) Ǣn fǩr evǩ |
aǺ stiəl baǺ lǤənz ǩn(d) DZrǡəsi plǢts
aǺ tȓætǩr ǩȚvǩ stǩȚni weǺz |

aǺ slaǺd baǺ heǺzlʜ kȜvǩz |

Ǻn lǺtlʜ ȓǡəps ǩn(d) treblʜz |

aǺ muəv ðǩ swiət fǩDZet mǺ nǢts |

aǺ bȜblʜ Ǻntu edǺǺŋ beǺz |

ðǩt DZrǩȚ fǩ hæpi lȜvǩz |

aǺ bæblʜ Ǣn ðǩ peblʜz |
aǺ slǺp | aǺ slaǺd | aǺ DZluəm |aǺ
wǺð meni ǩ kǬəv maǺ bæŋks aǺ fret

DZlǡəns |

baǺ meni ǩ fiəld ǩn(d) fælǩȚ |

ǩmȜŋ maǺ skǺmǺŋ swǢlǩȚz |

ǩn(d) meni ǩ feǩri fǤəlǩn(d) set |

aǺ meǺk ðǩ netǺd sȜnbiəm dǡəns |

wǺð wǺlǩȚ wi:d ǩn(d) mælǩȚ |

ǩDZens(t) maǺ sændi ȓælǩȚz |

aǺ tȓætǩ | tȓætǩr ǩz aǺ flǩȚ |

aǺ mǬəmǩr Ȝndǩ muən ǩn(d) stǡəz |

tǩ dȢǤǺn ðǩ brǺmǺŋ rǺvǩ |

Ǻn bræmbli wǺldǩnesǺz

fǩ men meǺ kȜm ǩn(d) men meǺ

aǺ lǺŋDZǩ baǺ maǺ ȓǺŋDZli bǡəz |

DZǩȚ |

aǺ lǤǺtǩ rǡȚn(d) maǺ kresǩz |

bǩt aǺ DZǩ(Ț) Ǣn fǩr evǩ |

ǩnd ǡȚt ǩDZen aǺ kǬəv ǩn(d) flǩȚ |
tǩ dȢǤǺn ðǩ brǺmǺŋ rǺvǩ |

aǺ waǺnd ǩbǡȚt | ǩnd Ǻn ǩnd ǡȚt |

fǩ men meǺ kȜm ǩn(d) men meǺ

wǺð hǺǩr ǩ blǢsǩm seǺlǺŋ |

DZǩȚ |bǩt aǺ DZǩ(Ț) Ǣn fǩr evǩ|

COMPILED JUAN CARLOS DAVID

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