showers, etc. Allowable rhymes, the plurals of nouns and third persons present of verbs in oor and ure, as boors, moors, etc., cures, endures, etc. OURS.-Yours rhymes perfectly with the plurals of nouns and third persons present of verbs in ure, as cures, endures, etc. Allowable rhymes. ours, and its perfect rhymes and the plurals of nouns and third persons present of verbs in oor, ore and ur, as boors, moors, etc., shores, porés, etc., burs, slurs, stirs, etc.

OURSE, see ORCE, OURT, see ORT. OURTH, see ORTH. OUS, see US.

OUS, pronounced OUCE. - House, mouse, chouse, etc. Allowable rhymes, the nouns close, dose, jocose, etc., deuce, use, produce, etc., us, thus, etc., moose, and the noun noose.

OUSE, pronounced OUZE, see OWZE.

OUT.-Bout, stout, out, clout, pout, gout, grout, route, scout, shout, snout, spout, stout, sprout, trout, about, devout, without, throughout, etc., rhymes perfectly with doubt, redoubt, misdoubt, drought, etc. Allowable rhymes, note, vote, etc., boat, coat, etc., lute, suit, etc., got, not, etc., nut, shut, hoot, boot. etc.

OUTH.-Mouth, south, when nouns have the th sharp. The verbs to mouth, to south, may allowably rhyme with booth, smooth, etc., which see. OW, sounded OV.-Now, bow, how, mow, cow, brow, plow, sow, Yow, prow, avow, allow, disallow, endow, etc. Perfect rhymes, bough, plough, slough, (mire), etc., thou. "Allowable rhymes, go, no, blow, so, etc.

OW, sounded OWE.-Blow, stow, crow, bow, flow, glow, grow, know, low, mow, row, show, sow, strow, stow, slow, snow, throw, trow, below, bestow, foreknow, outgrow, overgrow, overflow, overthrow, reflow, foreshow, etc. Perfect rhymes, go, no, toe, foe, owe, wo, oh, so, lo, though. hoe, ho, ago, forego, undergo, dough, roe, sloe, and the verb to sew with the needle). Allowable rhymes, now, cow, vow, do, etc. See the last article. OWL, see OLE.-Cowl, growl, owl, fowl, howl, prowl. etc. Perfect rhymes, scowl, foul, etc. Allowable rhymes, bowl, soul, shoal, goal, etc., dull, gull, etc.

OWN, see ONE. - Brown, town, clown, crown, down, drown. frown, grown, adown, renown, embrown, etc. Perfect rhyme, noun. Allowable rhymes, tone, bone, moan, own, and the participles thrown, shown, blown. OWSE, see OUSE.-Blouse. Perfect rhymes, brouse, trouse, rouse, spouse, carouse, souse, espouse, the verbs to house, mouse, etc., and the plurals of nouns and third persons, present tense, of verbs in ow, as brows, allows, etc. Allowable rhymes, hose, those, to dose, etc.

OX.-Ox, box, fox, equinox, orthodox, heterodox, etc. Perfect rhymes, the plurals of nouns and third persons present of verbs in ock, as locks, stocks, etc. Allowable rhymes, the plurals of nouns and third persons present of verbs in oke, oak, and uck, as strokes, oaks, cloaks, sucks, etc. OY.-Boy, buoy, coy, employ, cloy, joy, toy, alloy, annoy, convoy, decoy, destroy, enjoy, employ.

UB. Cub, club, dub, drub, grub, rub, snub, shrub, tub. Allowable rhymes, cube, tube, etc., cob, rob, etc.

UBE.-Cube, tube. Allowable rhymes, club, cub, etc.

UCE.-Truce, sluice, spruce, deuce, conduce, deduce, induce, introduce, produce, seduce, traduce, juice, reduce, etc., rhyme perfectly with the nouns use, abuse, profuse, abstruse, disuse, excuse, misuse, obtuse, recluse. UCH, see UTCH.

UCK.-Buck, luck, pluck, suck, struck, tuck, truck, duck. Allowable rhymes, puke, duke, etc., look, took, etc.

UCT.-Conduct, deduct, instruct, obstruct, aqueduct. Perfect rhymes, the preterits and participles of cerbs in uck, as ducked, sucked, etc. Al lowable rhymes, the preterits and participles of verbs in uke and ook, as puked, hooked, etc.

UD.-Bud, seud, stud, mud, cud, rhyme perfectly with blood and flood. Allowable rhymes, good, hood, etc., rood, food, etc., beatitude, latitude. UDE.-Rude, crude, prude, allude, conclude, delude, elude, exclude, exude, include, intrude, obtrude, seclude, altitude, fortitude, gratitude, interlude, latitude, longitude, magnitude, multitude, solicitude, solitude, vicissitude, aptitude, habitude, ingratitude, inaptitude, lassitude, plenitude, promptitude, servitude, similitude, etc. Perfect rhymes, leud, feud, etc., and the preterits and participles of verbs in ew, as stewed, viewed, etc. Allowable rhymes, bud, cud, etc., good, hood, etc., blood, flood, etc. UDGE.-Judge, drudge, grudge, trudge, adjudge, prejudge. UE, see EW.

UFF.-Buff, cuff. bluff, huff. gruff, luff, puff, snuff, stuff, ruff, rebuff, counterbuff, etc. Perfect rhymes, rough, tough, enough, slough (cast skin), chough, etc. Allowable rhymes, loaf, oaf, etc.

UFT.-Tuft. Perfect rhymes, the preterits and participles of verbs in uff, as cuffed, stuffed.

UG.-Lug, bug, dug, drug, hug, rug, slug, snug, mug, shrug, pug. Allowable rhymes. vogue, rogue, etc.

UICE, see USE. UISE, see ISE and USE. UIE, see IE. UKE.-Duke, puke, rebuke, etc. Nearly perfect rhymes, cook, look, book, etc. Allowable rhymes, duck, buck, etc.

UL and ULL.—Cull, dull, gull, hull, lull, mull, null, trull, skull, annul, disannul. Allowable rhymes, fool, tool, etc., wool, bull, pull, full, bountiful, fanciful, sorrowful, dutiful, merciful, wonderful, worshipful, and every word ending in ful, having the accent on the antepenultimate syllable.

troublesome. martyrdom, christendom. Allowable rhymes, fume, plume, rheum, and room, doom, tomb, hecatomb.

UME.-Fume, plume, assume, consume, perfume, resume, presume, de

plume.

UMP.-Bump, pump, jump, lump, plump, trump, stump, rump, thump. UN.-Dun, gun, nun, pun, run, sun, shun, tun, stun, spun, begun. Per. fect rhymes, son, won, ton, done, one, none, undone. Allowable rhymes, on, gone, etc., tune, prune, etc. See ON.

UNCE.-Dunce, once, etc. Allowable rhyme, sconce.
UNCH.-Bunch, punch, hunch, lunch, munch.

UND.-Fund, refund. Perfect rhymes, the preterits and participles of verbs in un, as shunned, etc.

UNE.-June, rune, untune, jejune, prune, importune, etc. Nearly perfect rhymes, moon, soon, etc. Allowable rhymes, bun, dun, etc.

UNG.-Clung, dung, flung, hung, rung, strung, sung, sprung, siung, stung, swung, unsung. Perfect rhymes, young, tongue, among. Allowable rhymes, song, long, etc.

UNGE.-Plunge, spunge, expunge, etc.

UNK.-Drunk, sunk, shrunk, stunk, spunk, punk, trunk, slunk. Perfect rhyme, monk.

customed).

UNT.-Brunt, blunt, hunt, runt, grunt. Perfect rhyme, wont (to be ac UP.-Cup, sup, up. Allowable rhymes, cope, scope, and dupe, group. UPT.-Abrupt, corrupt, interrupt. Perfect rhymes, the participles of verbs in up, as supped, etc. UR. Blur, cur, bur, fur, slur, spur, concur, demur, incur. Perfect rhymes, sir, stir. Nearly perfect rhymes, fir, etc. Allowable rhymes, pore,

oar, etc. URB.-Curb, disturb. able rhyme, orb.

Nearly perfect rhymes, verb, herb, etc. AllowURCH.-Church, lurch, birch. Nearly perfect rhymes, perch, search. Allowable rhyme, porch.

URD.-Curd, absurd. Perfect rhymes, bird, word, and the preterits and participles of verbs in ur, as spurred. Allowable rhymes, board, ford, cord. lord, etc., and the preterits and participles of verbs in ore, oar and or, as goared, oared, abhorred, etc., also the preterits and participles of verbs in ure, as cured, immured, etc. See ORD.

URE. --Cure, pure, dure, lure, sure, adjure, allure, assure, demure, conjure, endure, manure, enure, insure, immature, immure, mature, obscure. procure, secure, calenture, coverture, epicure, investiture, forfeiture, fur niture, miniature, overture, portraiture, primogeniture, temperature. lowable rhymes, poor, moor, power, sour, etc., cur, bur, etc. URF.-Turf, scurf, etc.

Al

URGE.-Purge, urge, surge, scourge. Perfect rhymes, verge, diverge, etc. Allowable rhymes, gorge, George, etc., forge, etc.

URK.-Lurk, Turk. Perfect rhyme, work. Nearly perfect rhymes, irk, jerk, perk.

URL, see IRL.-Churl, curl, furl, hurl, purl, uncurl, unfurl. Nearly perfect rhymes, girl, twirl, etc., pearl, etc.

URN.-Burn, churn, spurn, turn, urn, return, overturn. Perfect rhymes, sojourn, adjourn, rejourn.

URSE.-Nurse, curse, purse, accurse, disburse, imburse, reimburse. Perfect rhyme, worse. Allowable rhymes, coarse, corse, force, verse, disperse, horse, etc.

URST.-Burst, curst, accurst, etc. Perfect rhymes, thirst, worst, first. URT.-Blurt, hurt, spurt. Perfect rhymes, dirt, shirt, flirt, squirt, ete. Allowable rhymes, port, court, short, snort, etc.

US,-Us, thus, buss, truss, discuss, incubus, overplus, amorous, boisterous, clamorous, credulous, dangerous, degenerous, generous, emulous, fabulous, frivolous, hazardous, idolatrous, infamous, miraculous, mischievous, mountainous, mutinous, necessitous, numerous, ominous, perilous, poisonous, populous, prosperous, ridiculous, riotous, ruinous, scandalous, serupulous, sedulous, traitorous, treacherous, tyrannous, venomous, villainous, vigorous, adventurous, adulterous, ambiguous, blasphemous, dolorous, fortuitous, sonorous, gluttonous, gratuitous, incredulous, lecherous, libidinous, magnanimous, obstreporous, odoriferous, ponderous, ravenous, rigorous, slanderous, solicitous, timorous, valorous, unanimous, calamitous. Allowable rhymes, the nouns use, abuse, diffuse, excuse, the verb to loose, and the nouns, goose, deuce, juice, truce, etc., close, dose, house, mouse, etc. USE, with the 8 pure. -The nouns use, disuse, abuse, dence, truce. fect rhymes, the verb to loose, the nouns goose, noose, moose. rhymes, us, thus, buss, etc.

PerAllowable

USE (sounded) UZE. -Muse, the verbs to use, abuse, amuse, diffuse. Perfect excuse, infuse, misuse, peruse, refuse, suffuse, transfuse, accuse. rhymes, bruise, the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs in ew and ue, as dews, imbues, etc. Allowable rhymes, buzz, does, etc. USH.-Blush, brush, crush, gush, flush, rush, hush. Allowable rhymes, bush, push.

USK.-Busk, tusk, dusk, husk, musk.

UST.-Bust, crust, dust, just, must. lust, rust, thrust, trust, adjust, adust, disgust, distrust, intrust, mistrust, unjust, robust. Perfect rhymes, the preterits and participles of verbs in uss, as trussed, discussed, etc. UT.-But, butt, cut, hut, gut, glut, jut, nut, shut, strut, englut, rut, sent, slut, smut, abut. Perfect rhyme, soot. Allowable rhymes, boot, etc.. dispute, etc., boat, etc.

UTCH.-Hutch, crutch, Dutch. Perfect rhymes, much, such, touch, UTE.-Brute, lute, flute, mute, acute, compute, confute, dispute, dilute, depute, impute, minute, pollute, refute, repute. salute absolute attribute. constitute, destitute, dissolute, execute, institute, irresolute, persecute, prosecute, prostitute, resolute, substitute. Perfect rhymes, fruit, recruit. Allowable rhymes, boot, etc., boat, etc., note, etc., hut, etc. UX.-Flux, reflux, etc. Perfect rhymes, the plurals of nouns and third persons of verbs in uck, as ducks, trucks, etc. Allowable rhymes, the plurals of nouns and third persons of verbs in ook, uke, oak, etc., as cooks, pukes, oaks, etc.

etc.

Y, see IE.

HE man is thought a knave or fool,
Or bigot plotting crime,
Who, for the advancement of his race,
Is wiser than his time.

For him the hemlock shall distill,
For him the axe be bared;
For him the gibbet shall be built;
For him the stake prepared:

Him shall the scorn and wrath of men
Pursue with deadly aim;

And malice, envy, spite and lies,
Shall desecrate his name.
But truth shall conquer at the last,
For round and round we run,
And ever the right comes uppermost,
And ever is justice done.

PACE through thy cell, old Socrates,

Cheerily to and fro;

Trust to the impulse of thy soul

And let the poison flow.

They may shatter to earth the lamp of clay That holds a light divine,

But they cannot quench the fire of thought
By any such deadly wine.

They cannot blot thy spoken words
From the memory of man,

By all the poison ever was brewed
Since time its course began.
To-day abhorred, to-morrow adored,
So round and round we run,
And ever the truth comes uppermost,
And ever is justice done.

PLOD in thy cave, gray Anchorite;

Be wiser than thy peers; Augment the range of human power, And trust to coming years.

They may call thee wizard, and monk accursed, And load thee with dispraise;

Thou wert born five hundred years too soon For the comfort of thy days.

But not too soon for human kind:
Time hath reward in store;
And the demons of our sires become
The saints that we adore.

The blind can see, the slave is lord;
So round and round we run,

And ever the wrong is proved to be wrong,
And ever is justice done.

KEEP, Galileo, to thy thought,

And nerve thy soul to bear;

They may gloat over the senseless words they
From the pangs of thy despair. [wring
They may veil their eyes, but they cannot hide,
The sun's meridian glow;

The heel of a priest may tread thee down,
And a tyrant work thee woe;
But never a truth has been destroyed:
They may curse it and call it a crime;
Pervert and betray, or slander and slay
Its teachers for a time;

But the sunshine aye shall light the sky,
As round and round we run;

And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.

HND

[ND live there now such men as these With thoughts like the great of old? Many have died in their misery,

And left their thought untold. And many live, and are ranked as mad, And placed in the cold world's ban, For sending their bright, far-seeing souls Three centuries in the van;

They toil in penury and grief,

Unknown, if not maligned;

Forlorn, forlorn, bearing the scorn

Of the meanest of mankind;

But yet the world goes round and round
And the genial seasons run,
And ever the truth comes uppermost,
And ever is justice done.

EVER again will the roses blow

For us as the roses we used to know.

Oh! never again will the wide sky hold Such wealth of glory and sunset gold;

And never again will I whisper, dear, The pleasant fancies you smiled to hear;

And never again, at the day's decline, Shall I sit with your little hand in mine,

And look at the beauty of sunset skies,
And the sweeter beauty of your sweet eyes.

Never again! for the dream is done

That a word, and a look, and a touch begun.

Love, if we always could dream, ah, then!
The words are as sad as "it might have been!"
For us, there is nothing but memory,

In the coming days, of what could not be!
Love, you are near me, and yet as far

As the round earth is from the fartherest star.
Kiss me and smile in my eyes once more,
Tho' your lips should quiver, and tears run o'er.
Put your hand in mine for one moment, one,
And then, good-bye, for the dream is done!

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HE isn't half so handsome as when, twenty years agone,

At her old home in Piketon, Parson Avery made us one;

The great house crowded full of guests of every degree,

The girls all envying Hannah Jane, the
boys all envying me.

Her fingers then were taper, and her skin as white as milk,
Her brown hair-what a mess it was! and soft and fine as silk;
No wind-moved willow by a brook had ever such a grace,
The form of Aphrodite, with a pure Madonna face.

She had but meagre schooling; her little notes, to me,
Were full of crooked pot-hooks, and the worst orthography;
Her "dear" she spelled with double e, and "kiss" with but one 8;
But when one's crazed with passion, what's a letter more or less?

She blundered in her writing, and she blundered when she spoke,
And every rule of syntax, that old Murray made, she broke;
But she was beautiful and fresh, and I-well, I was young;
Her form and face o'erbalanced all the blunders of her tongue.

All's changed: the light of seventeen 's no longer in her eyes;
Her wavy hair is gone-that loss the coiffeur's art supplies;
Her form is thin and angular; she slightly forward bends;
Her fingers, once so shapely, now are stumpy at the ends.

She knows but very little, and in little are we one;
The beauty rare, that more than hid that great defect, is gone.
My parvenu relations now deride my homely wife,
And pity me that I am tied, to such a clod, for life.

I know there is a difference; at reception and levee,

The brightest, wittiest, and most famed of women smile on me;
And everywhere I hold my place among the greatest men;
And sometimes sigh, with Whittier's judge, "Alas! it might have
been."

When they all crowd around me, stately dames and brilliant belles,
And yield to me the homage that all great success compels,
Discussing art and state-craft, and literature as well,
From Homer down to Thackeray, and Swedenborg on "Hell,"

I can't forget that from these streams my wife has never quaffed,
Has never with Ophelia wept, nor with Jack Falstaff laughed;
Of authors, actors, artists-why, she hardly knows the names;
She slept while I was speaking on the Alabama claims.

I can't forget- just at this point another form appears-
The wife I wedded as she was before my prosperous years;

I travel o'er the dreary road we traveled side by side,
And wonder what my share would be, if Justice should divide.

She had four hundred dollars left her from the old estate;
On that we married, and, thus poorly armored, faced our fate.
I wrestled with my books; her task was harder far than mine-
'Twas how to make two hundred dollars do the work of nine.

At last I was admitted; then I had my legal lore,

An office with a stove and desk, of books perhaps a score;
She had her beauty and her youth, and some housewifely skill,
And love for me and faith in me, and back of that a will.

I had no friends behind me-no influence to aid;

I worked and fought for every little inch of ground I made. And how she fought beside me! never woman lived on less; In two long years she never spent a single cent for dress.

Ah! how she cried for joy when my first legal fight was won,
When our eclipse passed partly by, and we stood in the sun!
The fee was fifty dollars-`t was the work of half a year-
First captive, lean and scraggy, of my legal bow and spear.

I well remember when my coat (the only one I had)

Was seedy grown and threadbare, and, in fact, most shocking bad, The tailor's stern remark when I a modest order made: "Cash is the basis, sir, on which we tailors do our trade."

Her winter cloak was in his shop by noon that very day;
She wrought on hickory shirts at night that tailor's skill to pay;
I got a coat, and wore it; but alas! poor Hannah Jane
Ne'er went to church or lecture till warm weather came again.

Our second season she refused a cloak of any sort,
That I might have a decent suit in which t' appear in court;
She made her last year's bonnet do, that I might have a hat:
Talk of the old-time, flame-enveloped martyrs after that!

No negro ever worked so hard; a servant's pay to save,
She made herself most willingly a household drudge and slave.
What wonder that she never read a magazine or book,
Combining as she did in one, nurse, house maid, seamstress, cook.
What wonder that the beauty fled, that I once so adored!
Her beautiful complexion my fierce kitchen fire devoured;
Her plump, soft, rounded arm was once too fair to be concealed;
Hard work for me that softness into sinewy strength congealed.

I was her altar, and her love the sacrificial flame:
Ah! with what pure devotion she to that altar came,

And, tearful, flung thereon-alas! I did not know it then

All that she was, and more than that, all that she might have been!