LINES IN SPRING
Note.—In these musica] lines I have attacked the problem of Phonetic
Spelling from an entirely original standpoint. The result is the vin-
dication of my noble theories on this matter.
THOUGH through and hiccough have nough rhyme,
enough,
Yough ought tough grant, remain tough make one cough.
Here goughs — Ough! sweet tough rough oughoughn
the lough
Though, trough, I might through ough, if it were rough,
My sougher. Hough I loughve the oughx sough tough
That goughs, loughed loughing, where the ripples sough
With the blough blough-bloughsed ploughman tough
the trough,
Though the blough bloughs are soughre. Woughd friend
Hough Clough
Sing yough a songhng sough sweet? Nough! Nough!
The slough
Ough poughets’ rivalry we shoughn, although
Yough ought tough knough hough I oughtclass him.
Bough,
Blossom, and frought, my flougher exceeds. The dough
I oughse is yeastier. Goughd speed the plough!
88