Pretty Lessons in Verse for Good Children; with Some Lessons in Latin, in Easy Rhyme. By Sara Coleridge. The Fourth Edition, with Many Cuts |
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WORDS ALIKE AND UNLIKE. |
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WORDS ALIKE AND UNLIKE.
Acĭnus
means the stone of grapes,
And asĭnus means an ass:
The boy that can't the difference see
May well for a donkey pass.
And asĭnus means an ass:
The boy that can't the difference see
May well for a donkey pass.
Tribulum means a thrashing machine,
And tribulus means a weed—
The caltrop, arm'd with a prickly fruit;
Its spikes would make you bleed.
And tribulus means a weed—
The caltrop, arm'd with a prickly fruit;
Its spikes would make you bleed.
Clava's a stout batoon or club,
And clavis a cleff or key,
And clavus a nail, a button, or stud,
Which on the dress you see.
And clavis a cleff or key,
And clavus a nail, a button, or stud,
Which on the dress you see.
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Olor doth mean the graceful swan,
And oleum oil so sweet;
And olus the excellent garden stuff—
The pot-herbs fit to eat.
And oleum oil so sweet;
And olus the excellent garden stuff—
The pot-herbs fit to eat.
Cucŭmis means the Cucumber
That winds along the ground;
Cucurbĭta the swelling gourd
That makes the bowl so round.
That winds along the ground;
Cucurbĭta the swelling gourd
That makes the bowl so round.
Pilum's a dart or javelin strong,
And pilus a worthless hair;
And pila's a pestal to pound withal,—
A ball to toss in air.
And pilus a worthless hair;
And pila's a pestal to pound withal,—
A ball to toss in air.
Populus doth the people mean,
And also a poplar-tree;
And poples means the tender ham,
The part behind the knee.
And also a poplar-tree;
And poples means the tender ham,
The part behind the knee.
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