CONTRASTS IN RHYME.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10568, 14 February 1902, Page 2

CONTRASTS IN RHYME.

As sour as a lemon, as sweet as a nut. As small as an atom, as big aa 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; Aa 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 sweet as an orange, as bitter aa 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 doll as a dolt. As tame as a lapdog, as wild as a eoit ; \b rotten as pears, as sound as a roach. As freezing as winter, as warm as a. coach; As smooth ms silk velvet, as rough as » file,' '' As sharp-sighted as Scotchmen, as blind as a bat, .Vs white as a sheet, as black as my hat; Vs slow as old. ninety, as brisk as a bee; Vs shallow as fool's wit, as deep as the sea; Vs poor as old Job, as rich as a Jew, Vs wrong as it can be, as right as my shoe; Vs dead as a door-nail, as tall as a tree, Vs stupid as you, and as clever as me.