text_original: With modest grace The knight declared he was not fit A crown to wear, and then took it. Sixtus the Pope once said so, too; (And is it, then, so bad a thing To be a pope, or be a king?) But Sixtus said what was not true.
text_transcription: WITH MODEST GRACE THE KNIGHT DECLARED HE WAS NOT FIT A CROWN TO WEAR AND THEN TOOK IT SIX DOES THE POPE ONCE SAID SO TOO AND IS IT THEN SO BAD A THING TO BE A POPE OR BE A KING BUT SIX DO SAID WHAT WAS NOT TRUE
phonemes: wɪð mˈɑːdɪst ɡɹˈeɪs ðə nˈaɪt dᵻklˈɛɹd hiː wʌz nˌɑːt fˈɪt ɐ kɹˈaʊn tə wˈɛɹ, ænd ðˈɛn tˈʊk ɪt. sˈɪkstəs ðə pˈoʊp wˈʌns sˈɛd sˈoʊ, tˈuː; (ænd ɪz ɪt, ðˈɛn, sˌoʊ bˈæd ɐ θˈɪŋ təbi ɐ pˈoʊp, ɔːɹ biː ɐ kˈɪŋ?) bˌʌt sˈɪkstəs sˈɛd wʌt wʌz nˌɑːt tɹˈuː.