text_original: The gopher mines the ground Where stood their swarming cities. All is gone   All  save the piles of earth that hold their bones   The platforms where they worshipped unknown gods   The barriers which they builded from the soil To keep the foe at bay  till o'er the walls The wild beleaguerers broke, and, one by one, The strongholds of the plain were forced, and heaped With corpses.
text_transcription: THE GOPHER MINES THE GROUND WHERE STOOD THEIR SWARMING CITIES ALL IS GONE ALL SAVE THE PILES OF EARTH THAT HOLD THEIR BONES THE PLATFORMS WHERE THEY WORSHIPPED UNKNOWN GODS THE BARRIERS WHICH THEY BUILDED FROM THE SOIL TO KEEP THE FOE AT BAY TILL OVER THE WALLS THE WILD BELEAGUERERS BROKE AND ONE BY ONE THE STRONGHOLDS OF THE PLAIN WERE FORCED AND HEAPED WITH CORPSES
phonemes: ðə ɡˈoʊfɚ mˈaɪnz ðə ɡɹˈaʊnd wˌɛɹ stˈʊd ðɛɹ swˈɔːɹmɪŋ sˈɪɾiz. ˈɔːl ɪz ɡɔn ˈɔːl sˈeɪv ðə pˈaɪlz ʌv ˈɜːθ ðæt hˈoʊld ðɛɹ bˈoʊnz ðə plˈætfɔːɹmz wˌɛɹ ðeɪ wˈɜːʃɪpt ʌnnˈoʊn ɡˈɑːdz ðə bˈæɹɪɹz wˌɪtʃ ðeɪ bˈɪldᵻd fɹʌmðə sˈɔɪl tə kˈiːp ðə fˈoʊ æt bˈeɪ tˈɪl ˈɔːɹ ðə wˈɔːlz ðə wˈaɪld bᵻlˈiːɡɚɹɚz bɹˈoʊk, ænd, wˈʌn baɪ wˌʌn, ðə stɹˈɔŋhoʊldz ʌvðə plˈeɪn wɜː fˈɔːɹst, ænd hˈiːpt wɪð kˈɔːɹpsᵻz.