The Princess: Sweet and low

Alfred (Lord) Tennyson

V1V2V3V4C1C2C3C4C5VTCT
1   swt ənd ləʊ swt ənd ləʊ12 
2   wɪnd əv ðə ˈwes.tən s10 
3   ləʊ ləʊ brð ənd bləʊ
4   wɪnd əv ðə ˈwes.tən s10 
5   ˈəʊ.və ðə ˈrəʊ.lɪŋ ˈwɔː.təz ɡəʊ
6   kʌm frəm ðə ˈdɑɪ.ɪŋ mn ənd bləʊ14 
7   bləʊ hɪm əˈɡn tʊ m
8   wɑɪl mɑɪ ˈlɪt. wʌn wɑɪl mɑɪ ˈprɪt.i wʌn slps10 10 20 
9   slp ənd rest slp ənd rest16 
10   ˈfɑː.ðə wɪl kʌm tʊ ð sn10 
11   rest rest ɒn ˈmʌð.əz brest14 
12   ˈfɑː.ðə wɪl kʌm tʊ ð sn10 
13   ˈfɑː.ðə wɪl kʌm tʊ hɪz bb ɪn ðə nest10 16 
14   ˈsɪl.və slz ɔːl ɑʊt əv ðə west13 
15   ˈʌn.də ðə ˈsɪl.və mn
16   slp mɑɪ ˈlɪt. wʌn slp mɑɪ ˈprɪt.i wʌn slp10 21 
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Sweet and low, sweet and low,
      Wind of the western sea,
Low, low, breathe and blow,
      Wind of the western sea!
Over the rolling waters go,
Come from the dying moon, and blow,
      Blow him again to me;
While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps.

Sleep and rest, sleep and rest,
      Father will come to thee soon;
Rest, rest, on mother’s breast,
      Father will come to thee soon;
Father will come to his babe in the nest,
Silver sails all out of the west
      Under the silver moon:
Sleep, my little one, sleep, my pretty one, sleep.

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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