Anonymous
When the English tongue we SPEAK
Why is BREAK not rhymed with FREAK
Will you tell me why it's true
We say Sew, but likewise FEW
Cannot cope his HORSE with WORSE?
BEARD sounds not the same as HEARD;
COW is COW, but LOW is LOW.
SHOE is never rhymed with FOE,
Think of HOSE, and DOSE and LOSE,
And of Goose and yet of Choose
Think of COMB and TOMB and BOMB,
DOLL and ROLL, and HOME and SOME,
And since PAY is rhymed with SAY
Why not PAID with Said, I pray?
We have BLOOD and FOOD, and GOOD;
MOULD is not pronounced like COULD
Therefore DONE, but GONE and LONE?
Is there any reason known
And, in short, it seems to me
Sounds and letters disagree
Sounds like CORPSE, CORPS, HORSE, WORSE
TEAR in the eye, ypur dress will TEAR
MADE has not the sound of BADE
Now I surely will not PLAGUE you
With such words as VAGUE and AGUE.
Anonymous
