Rhyming dictionary for the use of young poets, with an essay on English versification [by T. Smibert].1852 |
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... able that the remarkable variation of the vowels there , on which the effect will be found largely to depend , can have been the result of chance . No one line , almost , it will be seen , gives the same vowel - sound twice . " Of man's ...
... able that the remarkable variation of the vowels there , on which the effect will be found largely to depend , can have been the result of chance . No one line , almost , it will be seen , gives the same vowel - sound twice . " Of man's ...
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... able To note upon the haly table A murderer's banes in gibbet - airus ; Twa span - lang , wee unchristened bairns ; A thief , new cuttit frae a rape- Wi ' his last gasp his gab did gape ; A garter which a babe had strangled ; A knife ...
... able To note upon the haly table A murderer's banes in gibbet - airus ; Twa span - lang , wee unchristened bairns ; A thief , new cuttit frae a rape- Wi ' his last gasp his gab did gape ; A garter which a babe had strangled ; A knife ...
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... able ignorance . It is the best of all stanzas for a light or burlesque epic , the principle of its construction being- seriousness in the first six lines , and , in the last two , a mockery of that seriousness . The great poet ...
... able ignorance . It is the best of all stanzas for a light or burlesque epic , the principle of its construction being- seriousness in the first six lines , and , in the last two , a mockery of that seriousness . The great poet ...
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... able in finding out the Double ones that terminate in ION . Sometimes , and indeed pretty frequently , the older poets of England used the ion as two syllables , a short and a long . The old Scottish version of the Psalms indulges often ...
... able in finding out the Double ones that terminate in ION . Sometimes , and indeed pretty frequently , the older poets of England used the ion as two syllables , a short and a long . The old Scottish version of the Psalms indulges often ...
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... able . In the first place , it may be observed of these , that , where the penultimate , or a in able , is short , and the ante - penultimate long , as in capable , the ble is frequently admitted to rhyme with ell . Such words , however ...
... able . In the first place , it may be observed of these , that , where the penultimate , or a in able , is short , and the ante - penultimate long , as in capable , the ble is frequently admitted to rhyme with ell . Such words , however ...
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Page 23 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 12 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 10 - Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew; Maidens, willow branches bear; Say I died true: My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth!
Page 22 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain!
Page 25 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements: from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith, like a falling star, On Lemnos, the Aegean isle.
Page 18 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 25 - Alas! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
Page 19 - I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with lush woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine...
Page 13 - Over thy decent shoulders drawn. Come, but keep thy wonted state, With even step and musing gait, And looks commercing with the skies, Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes...