text_original: Their merits he could well descry, He had so exquisite an eye; And when that fail'd to show them clear, He had as exquisite an ear; It chanced as on a day he stray'd Beneath an academic shade, He liked, amidst a thousand throats, The wildness of a Woodlark's[4] notes, And search'd, and spied, and seized his game, And took him home, and made him tame; Found him on trial true and able, So cheer'd and fed him at his table.
text_transcription: THEIR MERITS HE COULD WELL DESCRY HE HAD SO EXQUISITE AN EYE AND WHEN THAT FAILED TO SHOW THEM CLEAR HE HAD AS EXQUISITE AN EAR IT CHANCED AS ON A DAY HE STRAYED BENEATH AN ACADEMIC SHADE HE LIKED AMIDST A THOUSAND THROATS THE WILDNESS OF A WOODLARK'S NOTES AND SEARCHED AND SPIED AND SEIZED HIS GAME AND TOOK HIM HOME AND MADE HIM TAME FOUND HIM ON TRIAL TRUE AND ABLE SO CHEERED AND FED HIM AT HIS TABLE
phonemes: ðɛɹ mˈɛɹɪts hiː kʊd wˈɛl dᵻskɹˈeɪ, hiː hæd sˌoʊ ɛkskwˈɪsɪt ɐn ˈaɪ; ænd wɛn ðæt fˈeɪld tə ʃˈoʊ ðˌɛm klˈɪɹ, hiː hæd æz ɛkskwˈɪsɪt ɐn ˈɪɹ; ɪt tʃˈænst æz ˌɔn ɐ dˈeɪ hiː stɹˈeɪd bᵻnˌiːθ ɐn ˌækədˈɛmɪk ʃˈeɪd, hiː lˈaɪkt, ɐmˈɪdst ɐ θˈaʊzənd θɹˈoʊts, ðə wˈaɪldnəs əvə wˈʊdlɑːɹks[fˈɔːɹ] nˈoʊts, ænd sˈɜːtʃd, ænd spˈaɪd, ænd sˈiːzd hɪz ɡˈeɪm, ænd tˈʊk hˌɪm hˈoʊm, ænd mˌeɪd hˌɪm tˈeɪm; fˈaʊnd hˌɪm ˌɔn tɹˈaɪəl tɹˈuː ænd ˈeɪbəl, sˌoʊ tʃˈɪɹd ænd fˈɛd hˌɪm æt hɪz tˈeɪbəl.