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detract, distract, exact, protract, enact, infract, subtract, transact, cataract, with the preterites and participles of verbs in ack, as backed, hacked, &c. Allowable rhymes, the preterites and participles of verbs in ake, as baked, caked, &c.

AD.

Add, bad, dad, gad, had, lad, mad, pad, sad, brad, clad, glad, plad, chad, &c. Allowable rhymes, cade, fade, &c., glede, bead, read, &c. ADE.

Cade, fade, made, jade, lade, wade, blade, glade, shade, spade, trade, degrade, evade, dissuade, invade, persuade, blockade, brigade, esplanade, cavalcade, masquerade, renegade, retrograde, serenade, ambuscade, cannonade, pallisade, &c. Perfect rhymes, aid, maid, braid, afraid, &c., and the preterites and participles of verbs in ay, ey, and eigh, as played, obeyed, weighed, &c. Allowable rhymes,

add, bad, &c., bed, dead, &c., bead, mead, &c., heed, need, &c.

"The sun his annual course obliquely made,

Good days contracted, and enlarged the bad."-Dryden, "But that her ancient spirit is decayed,

That sacred wisdom from her bounds is fled."-LYTTELTON.

"In genial spring beneath the quivering shade,

Where cooling vapours breathe along the mead."-POPE.

AFE.

Safe, chafe, vouchsafe, &c. Allowable rhymes, leaf, sheaf, deaf, &c., laugh, staff, &c.

"And authors think their reputation safe,

Which lives as long as fools are pleased to laugh.”—POPE.

AFF.

Gaff, chaff, draff, graff, quaff, staff, engraff, epitaph, cenotaph, paragraph, &c. Perfect rhyme, laugh. Allowable rhymes, safe, chafe, &c.

AFT.

Aft, haft, raft, waft, craft, shaft, abaft, graft, draft, ingraft, handicraft. Perfect rhymes, draught, and the preterites and participles of verbs in aff and augh, as quaffed, laughed, &c. Allowable rhymes, the preterites and particles of verbs in afe, as chafed, vouchsafed, &c.

AG.

Bag, cag, fag, gag, nag, quag, rag, tag, wag, brag, crag, drag, flag, knag, shag, snag, stag, swag, wrag, scrag, Brobdignag.

AGE.

Age, cage, gage, page, rage, sage, wage, stage, swage, assuage, engage, disengage, enrage, presage, appennage, concubinage, heritage, hermitage, parentage, personage, parsonage, pasturage, patronage, pilgrimage, villanage, equipage.

&c., liege, siege, oblige, &c.

Allowable rhymes, edge, wedge,

AID, see ADE. AIGHT, see ATE. AIGN, see ANE.

AIL.

Ail, bail, fail, hail, jail, mail, nail, pail, quail, rail, sail, tail, wail, flail, frail, snail, trail, assail, avail, detail, bewail, entail, prevail, retail, countervail, &c. Perfect rhymes, ale, bale, dale, gale, hale, male, pale, sale, tale, vale, wale, scale, shale, stale, swale, whale, impale, exhale, regale, veil, nightingale, &c. Allowable rhymes, peal, steal, &c., bell, cell, &c.

AIM, see AME.

AIN.

Cain, blain, brain, chain, fain, gain, grain, lain, main, pain, rain, vain, wain, drain, plain, slain, Spain, stain, swain, train, twain, sprain, strain, abstain, amain, attain, complain, contain, constrain, detain, disdain, distrain, enchain, entertain, explain, maintain, ordain, pertain, obtain, refrain, regain, remain, restrain, retain, sustain, appertain. Perfect rhymes, bane, cane, dane, crane, fane, jane, lane, mane, plane, vane, wane, profane, hurricane, &c., daign, arraign, campaign, &c., feign, reign, &c., vein, rein, &c. Allowable rhymes, lean, mean, &c., queen, seen, &c., ban, can, &c., den, pen, &c. "The graces stand in sight, a satire-train

Peeps o'er their heads, and laughs behind the scene.”—Parnell. "Then in the scale of life and sense 'tis plain

There must be somewhere such a rank as man."-POPE.

AINT.

Faint, paint, plaint, quaint, saint, taint, acquaint, attaint, complaint, constraint, restraint, &c. Perfect rhyme, feint. Allowable rhymes, cant, pant, &c., lent, rent, &c.

"When in the sultry glebe I faint,

Or on the thirsty mountain pant."-ADDISON.

AIRE, see ARE.

AISE, see AZE.

AIT, see ATE. AITH,

see ATH. AIZE, see AZE.

AKE.

Ake, bake, cake, lake, make, quake, rake, sake, take, wake, brake,

drake, flake, shake, snake, stake, strake, spake, awake, betake, forsake, mistake, partake, overtake, undertake, bespake. Perfect rhymes, break, steak, &c. Allowable rhymes, back, rack, &c., beck, deck, &c., speak, weak, &c.

"These in two sable ringlets taught to break

Once gave new beauties to the snowy neck."-POPE.

""Twere well might critics still this freedom take,

But Appius reddens at each word you speak."-POPE.

AL.

Cabal, canal, animal, admiral, cannibal, capital, cardinal, comical, conjugal, corporal, criminal, critical, festival, funeral, general, hospital, interval, liberal, madrigal, literal, magical, mineral, mystical, musical, natural, original, pastoral, pedestal, personal, physical, poetical, political, principal, prodigal, prophetical, rational, satirical, reciprocal, rhetorical, several, temporal, tragical, tyrannical, carnival, schismatical, whimsical, arsenal, and many others. Allowable rhymes, all, ball, &c., ail, maile, &c., ale, pale, &c.

"Unfinished things one knows not what to call,

Their generation's so equivocal.”—Pope.

ALD.

Bald, scald, emerald, &c. Perfect rhymes, the preterites and participles of verbs in all, aul, and awl, as called, mauled, crawled, &c,

ALE, see AIL.
ALF.

Calf, half, behalf, &c. Allowable rhymes, staff, laugh, &c.

ALK.

Balk, chalk, stalk, talk, walk, calk, &c. Perfect rhyme, hawk. Allowable rhymes, sock, clock, &c.

ALL.

All, ball, call, &c. Perfect rhymes, cawl, bawl, brawl, crawl, scrawl, sprawl. Allowable rhymes, cabal, equivocal, &c.

ALM.

Calm, balm, becalm, psalm, palm, embalm, &c., whose plurals and third persons singular rhyme with alms, as calms, becalms, &c.

ALT.

Halt, malt, exalt, salt, vault, assault, default, and fault, the last of which is by Pope rhymed with thought, bought, &c.

"Before his sacred name flies every fault,

And each exalted stanza teems with thought."-POPE.

Calve, halve, salve, valve.

ALVE.

AM.

Am, dam, ham, pam, ram, sam, cram, dram, flam, sham, swam, epigram, anagram, &c. Perfect rhymes, damn, lamb. Allowable rhymes, dame, lame,* &c.

AME.

Blame, came, dame, same, flame, fame, frame, game, lame, name, same, tame, shame, inflame, became, defame, misname, misbecame, overcame, &c. Perfect rhymes, aim, claim, maim, acclaim, declaim, disclaim, exclaim, proclaim, reclaim. Allowable rhymes, dam, ham, hem, them, theme, scheme, dream, gleam, &c.

“E’en here I sing, when Pope supplies the theme,

Show my own love, though not increase his fame."-FARNELL.

AMP.

Camp, champ, cramp, damp, stamp, vamp, lamp, clamp, decamp, encamp, &c.

AN.

Ban, can, dan, fan, man, nan, pan, ran, tan, van, bran, clan, plan, scan, span, than, unman, foreran, began, trepan, courtesan, partisan, artisan, pelican, caravan, &c. Allowable rhymes, bane, cane, plain, mane, bean, lean, wan, swan, gone, upon, &c.

ANCE.

Chance, dance, glance, lance, trance, prance, intrance, romance, advance, mischance, complaisance, circumstance, countenance, deliverance, consonance, dissonance, extravagance, ignorance, inheritance, maintenance, temperance, intemperance, exorbitance, ordinance, concordance, sufferance, sustenance, utterance, arrogance, vigilance, expanse, enhance.

* Many rhymes, called Allowable, are here given after Walker, because to be found in our standard poetry. Numbers have since fallen out of use, and rightly, being but blemishes. On this head young rhymers may readily judge for themselves, with the guidance of our modern pronunciation.

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ANCH.

Branch, stanch, lanch, blanch, ranch, hanch. Perfect rhymes, launch, paunch.

AND.

And, band, hand, land, rand, sand, brand, bland, grand, gland, stand, strand, command, demand, countermand, disband, expand, withstand, understand, reprimand, contraband, &c. Allowable rhymes, wand, fond, bond, &c., and the preterites and participles of verbs in ain and ean, as remained, leaned, &c.

"Oh! had I rather unadmired remained,

In some lone isle, or distant northern land."-Pope.

ANE, see AIN.
ANG.

Bang, fang, gang, hang, pang, tang, twang, sang, rang, harangue, clang. Allowable rhymes, song, long, &c.

ANGE.

Change, grange, range, strange, estrange, arrange, exchange, interchange. Allowable rhymes, revenge, avenge, &c.

ANK.

Rank, blank, shank, clank, dank, drank, slank, frank, spank, stank, lank, plank, prank, rank, thank, disrank, mountebank, &c.

ANSE, see ANCE.

ANT.

Ant, cant, chant, grant, pant, plant, rant, slant, aslant, complaisant, displant, enchant, gallant, implant, recant, supplant, transplant, absonant, adamant, arrogant, combatant, consonant, cormorant, protestant, significant, visitant, covenant, dissonant, disputant, elegant, elephant, exorbitant, conversant, extravagant, ignorant, insignificant, inhabitant, militant, predominant, sycophant, vigilant, petulant, &c. Allowable rhymes, faint, paint, &c. See AINT and ENT.

АР.

Cap, gap, hap, lap, map, nap, pap, rap, sap, tap, chap, clap, trap, flap, knap, slap, snap, wrap, scrap, strap, enwrap, entrap, mishap, &c. Allowable rhymes, cape, tape, cheap, heap, and swap, &c.

APE.

Ape, cape, shape, grape, rape, scape, scrape, hape, escape, nape, crape, tape, &c. Allowable rhymes, heap, keep, &c.

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