THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

Otago Witness, Issue 1500, 14 August 1880, Page 27

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

A pretty deer is dear to me, A hare with downy hair ; I love a hart with all my heart, But barely bear a bear. 'Tis plain that no one takes a piano To have a pair of pairs ; A rake, though, often takes a rakd To tear away the tares. All rays raise thyme, time rages all } And, through the whole, hole wears. A writ, in writing " right," may write It " wright," and still be wrong— For " write " and " rite " are neither " righ'tj'' And don't to write belong. Beer often brings a bier to man, Coughing a coffin brings, And too much ale will make us ail, As well as other things. The person lies who says he lies When he is but reclining ; And when consumptive folks decline, They all decline declining. A quail don't quail before a storm — A bough will bow before it ; We cannot rein the rain at all— No earthly powers reign o'er it. The dyer dyes awhile, then dies ; To dye he's always trying^ Until upon his dying-bed He thinks no more of dyeing". A son of Mars mars many a sun ; All deys must have their days, And every knight should pray each night To Him who weighs his ways. 'Tis meet that man should mete out meat To feed misfortune's son ; The fair should fare on love alone, Else one cannot be won. A lass, alas ! is something false ; Of faults a maid is made ; Her waist is but a barren wasteThough stayed, she is not staid. The springs spring forth in spring, and shoots Shoot forward one and all ; Though summer kills the flowers, it leaves The leaves to fall in fall. I would a story here commence, But you might find it stale ; So lets-suppose that we have reached The tail end of our tale.