CONTRASTS IN RHYME.

Evening Star, Issue 11678, 10 February 1902, Page 7

CONTRASTS IN RHYME.

As sour as a lemon, as sweet as a nut, As small as an atom, as big as a butt; As brown as a berry, as fair as a nun, As fickle as fortune, as sure as a gun; As cold as a snowball, as hot as a toast, As red as a turkey, as pale as a ghost; As sober as judges, as drunk as a prince; As damp as a dishcloth, as dry as a quince; As coarse as sackcloth, as fierce as a carrot, As dull as a mope, as pert, as a parrot ; As flat, as a flounder, as round as a ball, As sw. cl as an orange, as bitter as gall; As white as a. lily, as black as a coal, As cross as Dick’s hatband, as straight as a pole; As merry as topers, as dull as a dolt, As tame as a lapdog, as wild as a colt; As rotten as pears, as .sound as a roach. As freezing as winter, as warm as a coach; As smooth as silk velvet, as rough as a file, As sour as verjuice, as sweet as a smile; As sharp-sighted as Scotchmen, as blind as a bat. As white as a sheet, as black as my hat; As slow as old'■ninety, as brisk as a bee, As shallow as fool’s wit, as deep as the sea; As poor as old Job, as rich as a Jew, As wrong as it can be, as right as my shoe; As deaf as a .door-nail, as tall as a tree. As stupid as you, and as clever as me.