Song

Robert Browning

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1   n bət ju h du nɒt lʌv hə11 
2   ɪz ʃi nɒt pjʊə ɡəʊld mɑɪ ˈmɪs.trəs15 
3   həʊldz ɜːθ ɔːt spk trθ əˈbʌv hə15 
4   ɔːt lɑɪk ðɪs tres s ənd ðɪs tres16 
5   ənd ðɪs lɑːst ˈf.rɪst tres əv ɔːl16 
6   səʊ f s r ɑɪ let ɪt fɔːl
7   bɪˈkɒz ju spend jɔː lɑɪvz ɪn ˈpr.zɪŋ17 
8   tʊ prz ju sɜːʧ ðə wɑɪd wɜːld ˈəʊ.və14 
9   ðen wɑɪ nɒt ˈwɪt.nəs ˈkɑːm.li ˈɡ.zɪŋ15 
10   ɪf ɜːθ həʊldz ɔːt spk trθ əˈbʌv hə16 
11   əˈbʌv ðɪs tres ənd ðɪs ɑɪ tʌʧ13 
12   bət ˈkæn.ɒt prz ɑɪ lʌv səʊ mʌʧ13 
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Nay but you, who do not love her,
  Is she not pure gold, my mistress?
Holds earth aught — speak truth — above her?
  Aught like this tress, see, and this tress,
And this last fairest tress of all,
So fair, see, ere I let it fall?

Because, you spend your lives in praising;
  To praise, you search the wide world over:
Then why not witness, calmly gazing,
If earth holds aught — speak truth — above her?
Above this tress, and this, I touch
But cannot praise, I love so much!

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vowel
V1: short
V2: neutralized
V3: long
V4: diphthong
vowel groups

consonant
C1: plosive
C2: affricate
C3: fricative
C4: nasal
C5: approximant
consonant groups