APH, see AFF.

APSE.

Lapse, elapse, relapse, perhaps, and the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of the present tense in ap, as eaps, maps, &c., he saps, he laps, &c. Allowable rhymes, the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs in ape and cap, as apes, he apes; heaps, he heaps, &c.

APT.

Apt, adapt, &c. Rhymes, the preterites and participles of the verbs in ap, as tapped, slapped, &c. Allowable rhymes, the preterites and participles of verbs in ape, as aped, escaped, &c.

AR.

Bar, car, far, jar, mar, par, tar, spar, scar, star, char, afar, debar, unbar, catarrh, particular, perpendicular, secular, angular, regular, popular, singular, titular, vinegar, scimetar, calendar, colander. Perfect rhyme, the plural verb are. Allowable rhymes, bare, prepare, pair, repair, wear, tear, war, &c., and words ending in er or or, having the accent on the last syllable, or last but two.

"Late as I ranged the crystal wilds of air

In the clear mirror of thy ruling star."-POPE.
"Now Cancer glows with Phoebus' fiery car.
The youth rush eager to the sylvan war."-POPE.

Arch, march, parch, starch, countermarch, &c.

ARD.

Bard, card, guard, hard, lard, nard, shard, ward, yard, award, bombard, discard, regard, interlard, retard, reward, disregard, &c., and the preterite and participles of verbs in ar, as barred, scarred, &c. Allowable rhymes, card, hard, reward, hoard, lord, bird, curd, and the preterites and participles of verbs in ar, or, and ur, as barred, abhorred, incurred, &c.

"Murm'ring, he lifts his eyes, and thinks it hard,

That generous actions meet a base reward."-PARNELL.

ARE.

Bare, care, dare, fare, hare, mare, pare, care, tare, ware, flare, glare, scare, share, snare, spare, square, stare, sware, prepare, aware, beware, compare, declare, ensnare. Perfect rhymes, air, fair, hair, lair, pair, chair, stair, affair, debonnair, despair, impair, repair, &c.; bear, pear, swear, tear, wear, forbear, forswear, &c.; there, were, where, ere, e'er, ne'er, elsewhere, whate'er, howe'er, howsoe'er, whene'er, where'er, &c.; heir, coheir, their. Allowable rhymes, bar, car, &c., err, prefer, here, hear, &c., regular, singular, war, &c.

"Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear,
Not mend their minds; as some to church repair,
Not for the doctrine, but the music there."-Pope.
"No monstrous height, or breadth, or length appear,
The whole at once is bold and regular.”—POPE.
"Late as I ranged the crystal fields of air,

In the clear mirror of thy ruling star."-POPE.
"To sing those honours you deserve to wear,
And add new lustre to her silver star."-POPE.
"When love was all an easy monarch's care,
Seldom at council, never in a war."-POPE.
"Fame, I foresee, will make reprisals there,

And the translator's palm to me transfer."-FENTON.
"Submit-in this or any other sphere,

Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear."-POPE.

ARES.

Unawares. Rhymes, theirs, and the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs in are, air, eir, ear; as care, he cares; pair, he pairs; heirs; bear, he bears, &c. The allowable rhymes are the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs which are allowed to rhyme with the termination are, as bars, cars, errs, prefers, &c.

ARF.

Scarf. Allowable rhymes, dwarf, wharf.

ARGE.

Barge, charge, large, targe, discharge, o'ercharge, surcharge, enlarge. Allowable rhymes, verge, emerge, gorge, forge, urge, &c.

ARK.

Bark, cark, clark, dark, lark, mark, park, shark, spark, stark, embark, remark, &c. Allowable rhymes, cork, fork, &c.

ARL.

Snarl, marl, parl. Allowable rhymes, curl, furl, &c.

ARM.

Arm, barm, charm, farm, harm, alarm, disarm. Allowable rhymes, warm, swarm, storm, &c.

ARN.

Barn, yarn, &c. Allowable rhymes, warn, forewarn, horn, morn, &c.

ARP.

Carp, harp, sharp, counterscarp, &c. Allowable rhyme, warp.

Harsh, marsh, &c.

ARSH.

ART.

Art, cart, dart, hart, mart, part, smart, tart, start, apart, depart, impart, dispart, counterpart. Perfect rhymes, heart, &c. Allowable rhymes, wart, thwart, hurt, dirt, flirt, pert, &c.

"To failings mild but zealous for desert,

The clearest head and the sincerest heart."-POPE.

Wart, thwart, &c.

ART, sounded ORT.

Perfect rhymes, short, retort, &c. Allow

able rhymes, art, sport, court, &c.

"Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort,

To taste awhile the pleasures of a court."-POPE.

AIRTH, see EARTH.

ARVE.

Carve, starve, &c. Allowable rhymes, nerve, deserve, &c.

"But how unequal it bestows, observe,

'Tis thus we riot, while who sow it starve."-POPE.

AS.

Was. Allowable rhymes, has, as.

ASS.

Ass, brass, class, grass, lass, mass, pass, alas, amass, cuirass, repass, surpass, morass, &c. Allowable rhymes, base, face, deface, loss, toss, &c.

ASE, see ACE.

ASH.

Ash, cash, dash, clash, crash, flash, gash, gnash, hash, lash, plash, rash, thrash, slash, trash, abash, &c.

dash, wash, quash, &c.

ASK.

Ask, task, bask, cask, flask, mask.

ASP.

Allowable rhymes, leash,

Asp, clasp, gasp, grasp, hasp. Allowable rhymes, wasp, &c.

AST.

Cast, last, blast, mast, past, vast, fast, aghast, avast, forecast, overcast, outcast, repast. Perfect rhymes, the preterites and participles of verbs in ass, as classed, amassed, &c. Allowable rhymes, the preterites and participles of verbs in ace, as placed, &c. Nouns and verbs in aste, as taste, waste, &c.

"Amid the circle on the gilded mast,

Superior by the head was Ariel placed.”—POPE.

"Nor thus the land appeared in ages past,

A dreary desert, and a gloomy waste."-POPE.

ASTE.

Baste, chaste, haste, paste, taste, waste, distaste. Perfect rhymes, waist, and the preterites and participles of verbs in ace, as faced, placed, &c. Allowable rhymes, cast, fast, best, nest, &c., and the preterites and participles of verbs in ess, as messed, dressed, &c.

AT.

At, bat, cat, hat, fat, mat, pat, rat, sat, tat, vat, brat, chat, flat, lat, sprat, that, gnat. Allowable rhymes, bate, hate, &c.

ATCH.

Catch, match, hatch, latch, patch, scratch, smatch, snatch, despatch.

ATE.

Bate, date, fate, gate, grate, hate, tate, mate, pate, plate, prate,

rate, sate, state, scate, slate, abate, belate, collate, create, debate, elate, dilate, estate, ingrate, innate, rebate, relate, sedate, translate, abdicate, abominate, abrogate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, accurate, adequate, affectionate, advocate, adulterate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, animate, annihilate, antedate, anticipate, antiquate, arbitrate, arrogate, articulate, assassinate, calculate, capitulate, captivate, celebrate, circulate, coagulate, commemorate, commiserate, communicate, compassionate, confederate, congratulate, congregate, consecrate, contaminate, corroborate, cultivate, candidate, co-operate, celibate, considerate, consulate, capacitate, debilitate, dedicate, degenerate, delegate, deliberate, denominate, depopulate, dislocate, deprecate, discriminate, derogate, dissipate, delicate, disconsolate, desolate, desperate, educate, effeminate, elevate, emulate, estimate, elaborate, equivocate, eradicate, evaporate, exaggerate, exasperate, expostulate, exterminate, extricate, facilitate, fortunate, generate, gratutate, hesitate, illiterate, illuminate, irritate, imitate, immoderate, impetrate, importunate, imprecate, inanimate, innovate, instigate, intemperate, intimate, intimidate, intoxicate, intricate, invalidate, inveterate, inviolate, legitimate, magistrate, meditate, mitigate, moderate, necessitate, nominate, obstinate, participate, passionate, penetrate, perpetrate, personate, potentate, precipitate, predestinate, predominate, premeditate, prevaricate, procrastinate, profligate, prognosticate, propagate, recriminate, regenerate, regulate, reiterate, reprobate, reverberate, ruminate, separate, sophisticate, stipulate, subjugate, subordinate, suffocate, terminate, tolerate, temperate, vindicate, violate, unfortunate. Perfect rhymes, bait, plait, strait, wait, await, great. Nearly perfect rhymes, eight, weight, height, streight. Allowable rhymes, beat, heat, bat, cat, bet, wet, &c.

"In English lays, and all sublimely great,

Thy Homer warms with all his ancient heat."-Parnell. "The weather courts them from the poor retreat,

And the glad master bolts the wary gate."-PARnell.

Beauty is seldom fortunate when great,

A vast estate, but overcharged with debt."-DRYDEN.

ATH.

Bath, path, &c. Allowable rhymes, hath, faith, &c.

Bathe, swathe, lathe, rathe.

ATHE.

AUB, see OB. AUCE, see AUSE. AUCH, see OACH.