All the perfect Rhymes of a different Orthography, and
Allowable Rhymes of a different Sound, throughout the
Language; with Authorities for the Usage of them
from our best Poets...
cab, dab, mab, nab, blab, crab, drab, scab, stab. Allowable
rhymes babe, astrolabe, &c.-See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
Ace, dace, pace, fuce, lace, mace, race, brace, chace, grace, place, space,
trace, apace, deface, efface, disgrace, displace, misplace, embrace,
grimace, interlace, retrace, populace, &c. Perfect rhymes base, case,
abase, debase, &c. Allowable rhymes grass, glass, &c. peace, cease,
&c. dress, less, &c.
False eloquence, like the prismatic glass,
It's gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place.
Then gladly turning sought his ancient place,
And pass'd a life of piety and peace.
Old mould'ring urns, pale fear, and dark distress,
Make up the frightful horrors of the place.
Attach, detach, &c. Perfect rhymes, batch, match, &c. Allowable
rhymes fetch, wretch, &c.-See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
Back, cack, hack, jack, lack, pack, quack, tack, sack, rack, black, clack,
crack, knack, slack, snack, stack, track, wrack, attack, zodiac, demo-
niac, symposiac, almanac, and many others which may be seen in
the Pronouncing Dictionary. Allowable rhymes bake, take, &c.
neck, speck, &c.
Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take,
May boldly deviate from the common track.
Act, fact, pact, tract, attract, abstract, extract, compact, contract,
detract, distract, exact, protract, enact, infract, subtract, transact,
cataract, with the preterits and participles of verbs in ack, as back'd,
hack'd, &c. Allowable rhymes the preterits and participles of
verbs in ake, as bak'd, cak'd, &c.-See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
A D.
Add, bad, dud, gad, had, lad, mad, pud, sad, brad, clad, glad, plad, chad,
&c. Allowable rhymes cade, fade, &c. glede, bead, read, &c.—See
Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
Cade, fade, made, jade, lade, wade, blade, glade, shade, spade, trade, de-
grade, evade, dissuade, invade, persuade, blockade, brigade, esplanade,
cavalcade, masquerade, renegade, retrograde, serenade, ambuscade, can-
nonade, pallisade, &c. Perfect rhymes aid, maid, braid, afraid, up-
braid, &c. and the preterits and participles of verbs in ay, cy, and
eigh, as play'd, obey'd, weigh'd, &c. Allowable rhymes, add, bad,
&c. bed, dead, &c. bead, mead, &c. heed, need, &c.-See Preface to
Index, Obs. 3.
The Sun his annual course obliquely made,
Good days contracted, and enlarg❜d the bad.
But that her ancient spirit is decay'd,
That sacred wisdom from her bounds is fled.
In genial spring beneath the quiv'ring shade,
Where cooling vapours breathe along the mead.
Safe, chafe, vouchsafe, &c. Allowable rhymes, leaf, sheaf, &c. deaf,
&c. laugh, staff, &c.-See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
And authors think their reputation safe,
Which lives as long as fools are pleas'd to laugh.
Gaff, chaff, draff, graff, quaff, staff, engraff, epitaph, cenotaph, para-
graph, &c. Perfect rhyme, laugh. Allowable rhymes, safe, chafe,
&c. See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
Aft, haft, raft, waft, craft, shaft, abaft, graft, draft, ingraft, handicraft.
Perfect rhymes draught and the preterits and participles of verbs
in aff and augh, as quaff'd, laugh'd, &c. Allowable rhymes the
preterits and participles of verbs in afe, as chaf'd, vouchsaf'd, &c.—
See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
Bag, cag, fag, gag, nag, quag, rag, tag, wag, brag, crag, drag, flag,
knag, shag, snag, stag, swag, wrug, scrag, Brobdignag.
Age, cage, gage, page, rage, sage, wage, stage, swage, assuage, engage,
disengage, enrage, presage, appennage, concubinage, heritage, hermit-
age, parentage, personage, parsonage, pasturage, patronage, pilgrim
age, villanage, equipage. Allowable rhymes, edge, wedge, &c. liege,
siege, oblige, &c.-See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
AID, See ADE. AIGHT, See ATE. AIGN, See ANE.
Ail, bail, fail, hail, jail, mail, rait, pail, quail, rail, sail, tail, wail, flail,
frail, snail, trail, assail, avail, detail, bewail, entail, prevail, retail,
countervail, &c. Perfect rhymes, ale, bale, dale, gale, hale, male,
pale, sale, tale, vale, wule, scale, shale, stale, swale, whale, impale, ex
hale, regale, veil, nightingale, &c. Allowable, rhymes, peal, steal,
&c. bell, cell, &c.—See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
Cain, blain, brain, chain, fain, gain, grain, lain, main, pain, rain, vain,
wain, drain, plain, slain, Spain, stain, swain, train, twain, sprain,
strain, abstain, amain, attain, complain, contain, constrain, detain,
disdain, distrain, enchain, entertain, explain, maintain, ordain, per
tain, obtain, refrain, regain, remain, restrain, retain, sustain, apper-
tain. Perfect rhymes, bane, cane, dane, crane, fane, jane, lane, mane,
plane, vane, wane, profane, hurricane, &c. daign, arraign, campaign,
&c. feign, reign, &c. vein, rein, &c. Allowable rhymes, lean, mean,
&c. queen, seen, &c. ban, can, &c. den, pen, &c.-See Preface to
Index, Obs. 3.
The graces stand in sight; a satire train
Peeps o'er their heads, and laughs behind the scene. Parnell.
Then in the scale of life and sense 'tis plain,
There must be somewhere such a rank as man.
Faint, paint, plaint, quaint, saint, taint, acquaint, attaint, complaint,
constraint, restraint, &c. Perfect rhyme, feint. Allowable rhymes,
cant, pant, &c. lent, rent, &c.-See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain pant.
AIR, See ARE. AISE, See AZE. AIT, See ATE. AITH, See
ATH. AIZE, See AZE.
Ake, bake, cake, lake, make, quake, rake, sake, take, wake, brake, drake,
flake, shake, snake, stake, strake, spake, awake, betake, forsake, mis-
take, partake, overtake, undertake, bespake. Perfect rhymes, break,
steak, &c. Allowable rhymes, back, rack, &c. beck, deck, &c.
speak, weak, &c.-See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
These, in two sable ringlets taught to break,
Once gave new beauties to the snowy neck.
"Twere well might critics still this freedom take;
But Appius reddens at each word you speak.
Cabal, canal, animal, admiral, cannibal, capital, cardinal, comical, con-
jugal, corporal, criminal, critical, festival, funeral, general, hospital,
interval, liberal, madrigal, literal, magical, mineral, mystical, musical,
natural, original, pastoral, pedestal, personal, physical, poetical, poli-
tical, principal, prodigal, prophetical, rational, satirical, reciprocal,
rhetorical, several, temporal, tragical, tyrannical, carnival, schismati
cal, whimsical, arsenal, and many others, which may be seen in the
Pronouncing Dictionary. Allowable rhymes, all, ball, &c. ail,
mail, &c. ale, pale, &c.-See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
Unfinish'd things one knows not what to call,
Their generation's so equivocal.
Bald, scald, emerald, &c.
ples of verbs in all, aul,
Perfect rhymes, the preterits and partiei-
and awl, as call'd, mauld, crawl'd, &c.
ALE, See AIL.
Calf, half, behalf, &c. Allowable rhymes, staff, laugh, &c.
Balk, chalk, stalk, talk, walk, calk, &c. Perfect rhyme, hawk. Al-
lowable rhymes, sock, clock, &c.-See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
All, ball, call, &c. Perfect rhymes, cawl, bawl, brawl, crawl, scrawl,
sprawl, squawl. Allowable rhymes, cabal, equivocal, &c.—See AL.
Calm, balm, becalm, psalm, palm, embalm, &c. whose plurals and third
persons singular rhyme with alms, as calms, becalms, &c.
Halt, malt, exalt, salt, vault, assault, default, and fault, the last of
which is by Pope rhymed with thought, bought, &c.
Before his sacred name flies ev'ry fault,
And each exalted stanza teems with thought.
Am, dam, ham, pam, ràm, sam, cram, dram, flám, sham, swam, epigram,
anagram, &c. Perfect rhymes, damn, lamb. Allowable rhymes,
dame, lame, &c.-See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
Blame, came, dame, same, flame, fame, frame, game, lame, name, same,
tame, shame, inflame, became, defame, misname, misbecame, overcame,
&c. Perfect rhymes, aim, claim, maim, accluim, declaim, disclaim,
exclaim, proclaim, reclaim. Allowable rhymes, dam, ham, &c. hem,
them, &c. theme, scheme, &c. dream, gleam, &c.—See Preface to
Index, Obs. 3.
Ev'n here I sing, when Pope supplies the theme,
Show my own love, though not increase his fame.
Camp, champ, cramp, damp, stamp, vamp, lamp, clamp, decamp, en-
camp, &c.-See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
Ban, can, dan, fan, man, nan, pan, ran, tan, van, bran, clan, pan, sean,
span, than, unman, foreran, began, trepan, courtesan, partisan, artisan,
pelican, caravan, &c. Allowable rhymes, bane, cane, plain, mane,
&c. bean, lean, wan, swan, &c. gone, upon, &c.—See Preface to
Index, Obs. 3.
He withers at the heart, and looks as wan,
As the pale spectre of a murder'd man.
Chance, dance, glance, lance, trance, prance, intrance, romance, advance,
mischance, complaisance, circumstance, countenance, deliverance, conso-
nance, dissonance, extravagance, ignorance, inheritance, maintenance,
temperance, intemperance, exorbitance, ordinance, concordance, suffer-
ance, sustenance, utterance, arrogance, vigilance, expanse, inhance.
Branch, stanch, lanch, blanch, ranch, hanch. Perfect rhymes, launch,
paunch.
And, band, hand, land, rand, sand, brand, bland, grand, gland, stand,
strand, command, demand, countermand, disband, expand, withstand,
understand, reprimand, contrabund, &c. Allowable rhymes, wand,
fond, bond, &c. and the preterits and participles of verbs in ain, and
ean, as remain'd, lean'd, &c. See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
Oh! had I rather unadmir'd remain'd,
In some lone isle, or distant northern land.
AN E, See AIN.
Bang, fang, gang, hang, pang, tang, twang, sang, rang, harangue, clang.
Allowable rhymes, song, long, &c. See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
ANGE.
Change, grange, range, strange, estrange, arrange, exchange, interchange.
Allowable rhymes, revenge, avenge, &c. See Preface to Index,
Obs. 3.
Rank, blank, shank, clank, dank, drank, slank, frank, spank, stank,
lank, plank, prank, rank, thank, disrank, mountebank, &c.
Ant, cant, chant, grant, pant, plant, rant, slant, aslant, complaisant, dis-
plant, enchant, gallant, implant, recant, supplant, transplant, absonant,
adamant, arrogant, combatant, consonant, cormorant, protestant, signi
ficant, visitant, covenant, dissonant, disputant, elegant, elephant, exorbi-
tant, conversant, extravagant, ignorant, insignificant, inhabitant, mili-
tant, predominant, sycophant, vigilant, petulant, &c. Allowable
rhymes, faint, paint, &c. See AINT and ENT, also Preface to
Index, Obs. 3.
Cap, gap, hap, lap, map, nap, pap, rap, sap, tap, chap, clap, trap, flap,
knap, slap, snap, wrap, scrap, strap, enwrap, entrap, mishap, &c.
Allowable rhymes, cape, tape, &c. cheap, heap, and swap. See Pre-
face to Index, Obs. 3.
Ape, cape, chape, grape, rape, scape, scrape, shape, escape, nape, crape, tape,
&c. Allowable rhymes, heap, keep, &c. See Preface to Index, Obs. 3.
Lapse, elapse, relapse, perhaps, and the plurals of nouns and third per-
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