ᚦ̣ᛟ᛫ᛣᛖᚷᚪᛋ

ᛞᛁᚷᚱᛟᛋᛏ᛫ᛣᚱᛁᚷᚳᛟᚱ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᛣᚱᛁᚷᛖᚷᛋᚳᚾ
ᛋᛏᛟᛞᛁᚷᛁᛝ᛫ᛁᛝᚸᛚᛁᛋᚳ᛫ᛈᚱᛟᚾᛟᚾᛋᛁᚷᛖᚷᛋᚳᚾ
   ᚫᚷ᛫ᚹᛁᛚ᛫ᛏᛁᚷᚳ᛫ᛡᚢ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᛗᚫᚷ᛫ᚠ̣ᛟᚱᛋ
   ᛋᚫᚢᚾᛞᚴ᛫ᛚᚫᚷᛣ᛫ᛣᚩᚱᛈᛋ, ᛣᚩᚱ, ᚻᚩᚱᛋ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚹᛟᚱᛋ.

Dearest creature in creation
Studying English pronunciation,
   I will teach you in my verse
   Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse.

ᚫᚷ᛫ᚹᛁᛚ᛫ᛣᛁᚷᛈ᛫ᛡᚢ, ᛋᚢᚴᛁᚷ, ᛒᛁᚴᛁᚷ,
ᛗᛖᚷᛣ᛫ᛡᚩᚱ᛫ᚻᛖᛞ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᚻᛁᚷᛏ᛫ᚸᚱᚩ᛫ᛞᛁᚴᛁᚷ;
   ᛏᛁᚷᚱ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᚫᚷ, ᛡᚩᚱ᛫ᛞᚱᛖᛋ᛫ᛡᚢᛚ᛫ᛏᛖᚱ;
   ᛣᚹᛁᚷᚱ, ᚠᛖᚱ ᛋᛁᚱ, ᚻᛁᚷᚱ᛫ᛗᚫᚷ᛫ᛈᚱᛖᚱ.

I will keep you, Susy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy;
   Tear in eye, your dress you'll tear;
   Queer, fair seer, hear my prayer.

ᛈᚱᛖᚷ, ᛣᛟᚾᛋᚩᛚ᛫ᛡᚩᚱ᛫ᛚᛟᚠ̣ᛁᛝ᛫ᛈᚩᛟᛏ,
ᛗᛖᚷᛣ᛫ᛗᚫᚷ᛫ᛣᚩᛏ᛫ᛚᚣᛣ᛫ᚾᚢ, ᛞᛁᚷᚱ, ᛋᚩ᛫ᛁᛏ!
   ᚳᚷᛟᛋᛏ᛫ᛣᛟᛗᛈᛖᚱ᛫ᚻᚪᚱᛏ, ᚻᛁᚷᚱ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚻᛟᚱᛞ,
   ᛞᚫᚷᚴ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛞᚫᚷᛟᛏ, ᛚᚩᚱᛞ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚹᛟᚱᛞ.

Pray, console your loving poet,
Make my coat look new, dear, sew it!
   Just compare heart, hear and heard,
   Dies and diet, lord and word.

ᛋᚩᚱᛞ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᚹᚪᚱᛞ, ᚱᛟᛏᛖᚷᚾ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛒᚱᛁᛏᛟᚾ
(ᛗᚫᚷᚾᛞ᛫ᚦ̣ᛟ᛫ᛚᚫᛏᛟᚱ᛫ᚻᚫᚢ᛫ᛁᚾᛋ᛫ᚱᛁᛏᛟᚾ).
   ᛗᛖᚷᛞ᛫ᚻᚫᚴ᛫ᚾᚪᛏ᛫ᚦ̣ᛟ᛫ᛋᚫᚢᚾᛞ᛫ᛟᚠ̣᛫ᛒᚫᛞ,
   ᛋᛖᚷ-ᛋᛖᛞ, ᛈᛖᚷ-ᛈᛖᚷᛞ, ᛚᛖᚷᛞ᛫ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛈᛚᚫᛞ.

Sword and sward, retain and Britain
(Mind the latter how it's written).
   Made has not the sound of bade,
   Say-said, pay-paid, laid but plaid.

ᚾᚫᚢ᛫ᚫᚷ᛫ᛋᚳᛟᚱᛚᛁᚷ᛫ᚹᛁᛚ᛫ᚾᚪᛏ᛫ᛈᛚᛖᚷᚸ᛫ᛡᚢ
ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛋᛟᚳ᛫ᚹᛟᚱᛞᚴ᛫ᚫᚴ᛫ᚠ̣ᛖᚷᚸ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛖᚷᚸᛡᚢ,
   ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛒᛁᚷ᛫ᛣᛖᚱᚠᛟᛚ᛫ᚻᚫᚢ᛫ᛡᚢ᛫ᛋᛈᛁᚷᛣ,
   ᛋᛖᚷ: ᚸᛟᛋᚳ, ᛒᚣᛋᚳ, ᛋᛏᛖᚷᛣ, ᛋᛏᚱᛁᚷᛣ, ᛒᚱᛖᚷᛣ, ᛒᛚᛁᚷᛣ.

Now I surely will not plague you
With such words as vague and ague,
   But be careful how you speak,
   Say: gush, bush, steak, streak, break, bleak,

ᛈᚱᛁᚷᚠ̣ᛁᚷᛟᛋ, ᛈᚱᛖᛋᚳᛟᛋ, ᚠᛡᚢᛋᚳᛟ, ᚠ̣ᛁᚷᛟ
ᚱᛖᛋᛟᛈᛁᚷ, ᛈᚫᚷᛈ, ᛋᛏᛟᛞᛁᛝ-ᛋᛖᚷᛟᛚ, ᛣᚹᚫᚷᛟᚱ;
   ᚹᚩᚠ̣ᛟᚾ, ᛟᚠ̣ᛟᚾ, ᚻᚫᚢ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛚᚩ,
   ᛋᛣᚱᛁᛈᛏ, ᚱᛟᛋᛁᚷᛏ, ᛋᚳᚢ, ᛈᚩᛟᛗ, ᛏᚩ.

Previous, precious, fuchsia, via
Recipe, pipe, studding-sail, choir;
   Woven, oven, how and low,
   Script, receipt, shoe, poem, toe.

ᛋᛖᚷ, ᛖᛣᛋᛈᛖᛣᛏᛁᛝ᛫ᚠᚱᚪᚢᛞ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛏᚱᛁᛣᛟᚱᛁᚷ:
ᛞᚪᚢᛏᛟᚱ, ᛚᚫᚠᛏᛟᚱ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛏᛟᚱᛈᛋᛁᛣᛟᚱᛁᚷ,
   ᛒᚱᚫᚾᚳ, ᚱᚫᚾᚳ, ᛗᛁᚷᚴᛟᛚᛋ, ᛏᚪᛈᛋᛖᚷᛟᛚᛋ, ᚫᚷᛟᛚᛋ,
   ᛗᛁᛋᛟᛚᛋ, ᛋᛗᚫᚷᛟᛚᛋ, ᚱᛁᚠ̣ᚫᚷᛟᛚᛋ.

Say, expecting fraud and trickery:
Daughter, laughter and Terpsichore,
   Branch, ranch, measles, topsails, aisles,
   Missiles, similes, reviles.

ᚻᚩᛚᛁᚷ, ᚻᚪᛚᛁᚷ, ᛋᛁᚸᚾᛟᛚ, ᛋᚫᚷᚾᛁᛝ,
ᛋᛖᚷᛗ, ᛖᛣᛋᚫᛗᛁᚾᛁᛝ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛗᚫᚷᚾᛁᛝ,
   ᛋᛣᚪᛚᛟᚱ, ᚠ̣ᛁᛣᛟᚱ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᛁᚸᚪᚱ,
   ᛋᚩᛚᛟᚱ, ᛗᚫᚷᛣᛟ, ᚹᚩᚱ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚠᚪᚱ.

Wholly, holly, signal, signing,
Same, examining, but mining,
   Scholar, vicar, and cigar,
   Solar, mica, war and far.

ᚠᚱᛟᛗ᛫"ᛞᛁᚴᚫᚷᛟᚱ": ᛞᛁᚴᚫᚷᛟᚱᛟᛒᛚ-ᚫᛞᛗᛁᚱᛟᛒᛚ᛫ᚠᚱᛟᛗ᛫"ᚫᛞᛗᚫᚷᛟᚱ",
ᛚᛟᛗᛒᛟᚱ, ᛈᛚᛟᛗᛟᚱ, ᛒᛁᚷᚱ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛒᚱᚫᚷᛟᚱ,
   ᛏᚪᛈᛋᛟᛗ, ᛒᚱᚢᚸᛟᛗ, ᚱᛁᚾᚫᚢᚾ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᚾᚩᚾ,
   ᚾᚪᛚᛁᚳᚷ, ᛞᛟᚾ, ᛚᚩᚾ, ᚸᚪᚢᚾ, ᚾᛟᚾ, ᛏᚩᚾ,

From "desire": desirable-admirable from "admire",
Lumber, plumber, bier, but brier,
   Topsham, brougham, renown, but known,
   Knowledge, done, lone, gone, none, tone,

ᚹᛟᚾ, ᛟᚾᛖᛗᛟᚾᛁᚷ, ᛒᚫᛚᛗᚩᚱᛟᛚ,
ᛣᛁᚳᛟᚾ, ᛚᚫᚷᛣᛟᚾ, ᛚᚪᚢᚾᛞᚱᛁᚷ, ᛚᚩᚱᛟᛚ.
   ᚸᛟᚱᛏᚱᚢᛞ, ᚳᚷᛟᚱᛗᛟᚾ, ᚹᛁᚾᛞ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚹᚫᚷᚾᛞ,
   ᛒᚩ, ᛣᚫᚷᚾᛞ, ᛣᛁᚾᛞᚱᛁᛞ, ᛣᛡᚢ, ᛗᚫᚾᛣᚫᚷᚾᛞ,

One, anemone, Balmoral,
Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel.
   Gertrude, German, wind and wind,
   Beau, kind, kindred, queue, mankind,

ᛏᚩᚱᛏᛟᛋ, ᛏᛟᚱᛣᚩᚷᚴ, ᛋᚳᚫᛗᚩᚷ-ᛚᛖᚦ̣ᛟᚱ,
ᚱᛁᚷᛞᛁᛝ, ᚱᛖᛞᛁᛝ, ᚻᛁᚷᚦ̣ᛟᚾ, ᚻᛖᚦ̣ᛟᚱ.
   ᚦ̣ᛁᛋ᛫ᚠᛟᚾᛖᛏᛁᛣ᛫ᛚᚫᛒᛟᚱᛁᚾᚦ
   ᚸᛁᚠ̣ᚴ᛫ᛗᚪᚢᛋ, ᚸᚱᚩᛋ, ᛒᚱᚣᛣ, ᛒᚱᚢᚳ, ᚾᚫᚷᚾᚦ, ᛈᛚᛁᚾᚦ.

Tortoise, turquoise, chamois-leather,
Reading, Reading, heathen, heather.
   This phonetic labyrinth
   Gives moss, gross, brook, brooch, ninth, plinth.

ᚻᚫᚠ̣᛫ᛡᚢ᛫ᛖᚠ̣ᛟᚱ᛫ᛡᛖᛏ᛫ᛁᚾᛞᛖᚠ̣ᛟᚱᛞ
ᛏᚢ᛫ᛈᚱᛟᚾᚫᚢᚾᛋ᛫ᚱᛁᚠ̣ᛁᚷᚱᛞ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᛖᚠ̣ᛟᚱᛞ,
   ᛞᛁᚷᛗᛟᚾ, ᛚᛖᛗᛟᚾ, ᚸᚢᛚ, ᚠᚫᚢᛟᛚ, ᛋᚩᛚ,
   ᛈᛁᚷᛏᛟᚱ, ᛈᛖᛏᚱᚩᛚ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛈᛟᛏᚱᚩᛚ?

Have you ever yet endeavoured
To pronounce revered and severed,
   Demon, lemon, ghoul, foul, soul,
   Peter, petrol and patrol?

ᛒᛁᛚᛟᛏ᛫ᛞᛟᚴ᛫ᚾᚪᛏ᛫ᛖᚾᛞ᛫ᛚᚫᚷᛣ᛫ᛒᚫᛚᛖᚷ;
ᛒᚢᛣᛖᚷ, ᚹᚪᛚᛟᛏ, ᛗᚫᛚᛟᛏ, ᛋᚳᚫᛚᛖᚷ.
   ᛒᛚᛟᛞ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚠᛚᛟᛞ᛫ᚪᚱ᛫ᚾᚪᛏ᛫ᛚᚫᚷᛣ᛫ᚠᚢᛞ,
   ᚾᚩᚱ᛫ᛁᚴ᛫ᛗᚩᛚᛞ᛫ᛚᚫᚷᛣ᛫ᛋᚳᚣᛞ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚹᚣᛞ.

Billet does not end like ballet;
Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.
   Blood and flood are not like food,
   Nor is mould like should and would.

ᛒᚫᛝᛣᚹᛟᛏ᛫ᛁᚴ᛫ᚾᚪᛏ᛫ᚾᛁᚷᚱᛚᛁᚷ᛫ᛈᚪᚱᛣᛁᚷ,
ᚻᚹᛁᚳ᛫ᛁᚸᚴᚫᛣᛏᛚᛁᚷ᛫ᚱᚫᚷᛗ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛣᚫᛣᛁᚷ.
   ᛞᛁᛋᛣᚫᚢᚾᛏ᛫ᚠ̣ᛁᛋᛣᚫᚢᚾᛏ, ᛚᚩᛞ, ᛒᚱᚪᚢᛞ,
   ᛏᚩᚱᛞ, ᛏᚢ᛫ᚠᚩᚱᚹᛟᚱᛞ, ᛏᚢ᛫ᚱᛁᚹᚩᚱᛞ,

Banquet is not nearly parquet,
Which exactly rhymes with khaki.
   Discount, viscount, load and broad,
   Toward, to forward, to reward,

ᚱᛁᛣᛟᛋᚳᛖᚷᛞ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛣᚱᚩᛋᚳᛖᚷᛁᛝ, ᛣᚱᚩᛣᛖᚷ?
ᚱᚫᚷᛏ! ᛡᚩᚱ᛫ᛈᚱᛟᚾᚫᚢᚾᛋᛁᛖᚷᛋᚳᚾᚴ᛫ᚩᛣᛖᚷ.
   ᚱᚫᚢᚾᛞᛁᛞ, ᚹᚢᚾᛞᛁᛞ, ᚸᚱᛁᚷᚠ̣, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᛁᚠ̣,
   ᚠᚱᛖᚾᛞ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚠᛁᚷᚾᛞ, ᛟᛚᚫᚷᚠ̣᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛚᛁᚠ̣.

Ricocheted and crocheting, croquet?
Right! Your pronunciation's OK.
   Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,
   Friend and fiend, alive and live.

ᛁᚠ̣᛫ᛡᚩᚱ᛫ᚱ᛫ᛣᛟᚱᛖᛣᛏ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᚻᚫᚷᛟᚱ?
ᛣᛁᚷᛏᛋ᛫ᛟᛋᛟᚱᛏᛋ᛫ᛁᛏ᛫ᚱᚫᚷᛗᚴ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛏᚫᛚᚷᛟ.
   ᚻᛡᚢ, ᛒᛟᛏ ᛫ᚻᛟᚸ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚻᚣᛞ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᚻᚢᛏ,
   ᛒᚩᚷᛟᚾᛏ, ᛗᛁᚾᛟᛏ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛗᚫᚷᚾᚢᛏ.

Is your r correct in higher?
Keats asserts it rhymes Thalia.
   Hugh, but hug, and hood, but hoot,
   Buoyant, minute, but minute.

ᛋᛖᚷ᛫ᚫᛒᛋᛁᚴᚳᚾ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛈᚱᛟᛋᛁᚴᚳᚾ,
ᚾᚫᚢ: ᛈᛟᚴᛁᛋᚳᚾ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛏᚱᚫᚾᚴᛁᛋᚳᚾ;
   ᚹᚣᛞ᛫ᛁᛏ᛫ᛏᚫᛚᛁᚷ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛗᚫᚷ᛫ᚱᚫᚷᛗ
   ᛁᚠ᛫ᚫᚷ᛫ᛗᛖᚾᚳᛟᚾᛞ᛫ᛈᛖᚱᛟᛞᚫᚷᛗ?

Say abscission with precision,
Now: position and transition;
   Would it tally with my rhyme
   If I mentioned paradigm?

ᛏᛟᛈᛟᚾᛋ, ᚦᚱᛁᛈᛟᚾᛋ, ᛏᛁᚷᚴ᛫ᚪᚱ᛫ᛁᚷᚴᛁᚷ,
ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛋᛁᚷᛋ, ᛣᚱᛁᚷᛋ, ᚸᚱᛁᚷᛋ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚸᚱᛁᚷᛋᛁᚷ?
   ᛣᚩᚱᚾᛁᛋ, ᚾᚫᚷᛋ, ᚠ̣ᛟᛚᛁᚷᚴ, ᚱᛁᚠ̣ᚫᚷᚴ,
   ᚱᛖᚷᛒᛁᚷᚴ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛚᛟᛚᛟᛒᚫᚷᚴ.

Twopence, threepence, tease are easy,
But cease, crease, grease and greasy?
   Cornice, nice, valise, revise,
   Rabies, but lullabies.

ᛟᚠ̣᛫ᛋᛟᚳ᛫ᛈᛟᚴᛚᛁᛝ᛫ᚹᛟᚱᛞᚴ᛫ᚫᚴ᛫ᚾᚪᚢᛋᚳᛟᛋ,
ᚱᚫᚷᛗᛁᛝ᛫ᚹᛖᛚ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛣᚪᚢᛋᚳᛟᛋ, ᛏᚩᚱᛋᚳᛟᛋ,
   ᛡᚢᛚ᛫ᛖᚾᚠ̣ᛖᛚᛟᛈ᛫ᛚᛁᛋᛏᛋ, ᚫᚷ᛫ᚻᚩᛈ,
   ᛁᚾ᛫ᛟ᛫ᛚᛁᚾᛟᚾ᛫ᛖᚾᚠ̣ᛟᛚᚩᛈ.

Of such puzzling words as nauseous,
Rhyming well with cautious, tortious,
   You'll envelop lists, I hope,
   In a linen envelope.

ᚹᚣᛞ᛫ᛡᚢ᛫ᛚᚫᚷᛣ᛫ᛋᛟᛗ᛫ᛗᚩᚱ? ᛡᚢᛚ᛫ᚻᚫᚠ̣᛫ᛁᛏ!
ᚫᚠᛁᛞᛖᚷᚠ̣ᛁᛏ, ᛞᛖᚷᚠ̣ᛁᛞ, ᛞᛖᚷᚠ̣ᛁᛏ.
   ᛏᚢ᛫ᚫᛒᚳᚷᛟᚱ, ᛏᚢ᛫ᛈᚱᛟᚳᚷᛟᚱ. ᛋᚳᛁᚷᛣ
   ᛞᛟᚴ᛫ᚾᚪᛏ᛫ᛋᚫᚢᚾᛞ᛫ᛚᚫᚷᛣ᛫ᚳᛖᛣ᛫ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᚫᚷᛣ.

Would you like some more? You'll have it!
Affidavit, David, davit.
   To abjure, to perjure. Sheik
   Does not sound like Czech but ache.

ᛚᛁᛒᛟᚱᛏᛁᚷ, ᛚᚫᚷᛒᚱᛖᚱᛁᚷ, ᚻᛁᚷᚠ̣᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚻᛖᚠ̣ᛟᚾ,
ᚱᛖᚷᚳᛟᛚ, ᛚᚪᛇ, ᛗᛟᛋᛏᚫᛋᚳ, ᛟᛚᛖᚠ̣ᛟᚾ.
   ᚹᛁᚷ᛫ᛋᛖᚷ᛫ᚻᚫᛚᚩᛞ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛟᛚᚫᚢᛞ,
   ᛈᛁᚷᛈᛟᛚ, ᛚᛖᛈᛟᚱᛞ, ᛏᚩᛞ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᚠ̣ᚫᚢᛞ.

Liberty, library, heave and heaven,
Rachel, loch, moustache, eleven.
   We say hallowed, but allowed,
   People, leopard, towed but vowed.

ᛗᚪᚱᛣ᛫ᚦ̣ᛟ᛫ᛞᛁᚠᚱᛟᚾᛋ, ᛗᚩᚱᚩᚠ̣ᛟᚱ,
ᛒᛁᛏᚹᛁᚷᚾ, ᛗᚢᚠ̣ᛟᚱ, ᛈᛚᛟᚠ̣ᛟᚱ, ᛞᚩᚠ̣ᛟᚱ.
   ᛚᛁᚷᚳᛟᛋ, ᛒᚱᛁᚳᛟᛋ, ᚹᚫᚷᚴ, ᛈᚱᛟᛋᚫᚷᛋ,
   ᚳᚫᛚᛁᛋ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛈᛟᛚᛁᚷᛋ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛚᚫᚷᛋ,

Mark the difference, moreover,
Between mover, plover, Dover.
   Leeches, breeches, wise, precise,
   Chalice, but police and lice,

ᛣᚫᛗᛟᛚ, ᛣᚪᚾᛋᛏᛟᛒᛟᛚ, ᛟᚾᛋᛏᛖᚷᛒᛟᛚ,
ᛈᚱᛁᚾᛋᛁᛈᛟᛚ, ᛞᛁᛋᚫᚷᛈᛟᛚ, ᛚᛖᚷᛒᛟᛚ.
   ᛈᛖᛏᛟᛚ, ᛈᛁᚷᚾᛟᛚ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛣᛟᚾᚫᛚ,
   ᚹᛖᚷᛏ, ᛋᛟᚱᛗᚫᚷᚴ, ᛈᛚᛖᚷᛏ, ᛈᚱᚪᛗᛁᛋ, ᛈᚫᛚ,

Camel, constable, unstable,
Principle, disciple, label.
   Petal, penal, and canal,
   Wait, surmise, plait, promise, pal,

ᛋᚢᛏ, ᛋᚹᛁᚷᛏ, ᚱᚢᛁᚾ. ᛋᛟᚱᛣᛟᛏ, ᛣᚪᚾᛞᚢᛁᛏ
ᚱᚫᚷᛗ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫"ᛋᚳᛟᚱᛣ᛫ᛁᛏ"᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫"ᛒᛁᚷᚪᚾᛞ᛫ᛁᛏ",
   ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛁᛏ᛫ᛁᚴ᛫ᚾᚪᛏ᛫ᚻᚪᚱᛞ᛫ᛏᚢ᛫ᛏᛖᛚ
   ᚻᚹᚫᚷ᛫ᛁᛏᛋ᛫ᛈᚪᚢᛚ, ᛗᚪᚢᛚ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛈᛖᛚ᛫ᛗᛖᛚ.

Suit, suite, ruin. Circuit, conduit
Rhyme with "shirk it" and "beyond it",
   But it is not hard to tell
   Why it's pall, mall, but Pall Mall.

ᛗᛟᛋᛟᛚ, ᛗᛟᛋᛣᛡᛟᛚᛟᚱ, ᚳᚷᛖᚷᛟᛚ, ᚫᚷᛟᚱᚾ,
ᛏᛁᛗᛒᛟᚱ, ᛣᛚᚫᚷᛗᛟᚱ, ᛒᚣᛚᛡᛟᚾ, ᛚᚫᚷᛟᚾ,
   ᚹᛟᚱᛗ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᛏᚩᚱᛗ, ᚳᚫᚷᛋ, ᛣᛖᚷᚪᛋ, ᚳᛖᚱ,
   ᛋᛖᚾᛟᛏᛟᚱ, ᛋᛈᛖᛣᛏᛖᚷᛏᛟᚱ, ᛗᛖᚷᛟᚱ,

Muscle, muscular, gaol, iron,
Timber, climber, bullion, lion,
   Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair,
   Senator, spectator, mayor,

ᚫᚷᚠ̣ᛁᚷ, ᛈᚱᛁᚠ̣ᛁᚷ, ᚠᛖᚷᛗᛟᛋ; ᛣᛚᚫᛗᛟᚱ
ᚻᚫᚴ᛫ᚦ̣ᛟ᛫ᚫ᛫ᛟᚠ̣᛫ᛞᚱᚫᛗ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚻᚫᛗᚱ.
   ᛈᚣᛋᛁᚷ, ᚻᛟᛋᛁᚷ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛈᛟᚴᛖᛋ,
   ᛞᛖᚴᛟᚱᛏ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛞᛁᚴᛟᚱᛏ, ᛟᛞᚱᛖᛋ.

Ivy, privy, famous; clamour
Has the a of drachm and hammer.
   Pussy, hussy and possess,
   Desert, but desert, address.

ᚸᚪᚢᛚᚠ, ᚹᛟᛚᚠ, ᛣᚫᚢᚾᛏᛁᚾᛟᚾᛋ, ᛚᚢᛏᛖᚾᛟᚾᛏᛋ
ᚻᚩᚷᛋᛏ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᛚᚢ᛫ᛟᚴ᛫ᚠᛚᚫᚸᚴ᛫ᛚᛖᚠᛏ᛫ᛈᛖᚾᛟᚾᛏᛋ.
   ᛣᚣᚱᛁᚷᛟᚱ, ᛣᚩᚱᛏᛁᚷᛟᚱ, ᛏᚢᛗ, ᛒᚪᛗ, ᛣᚩᛗ,
   ᛣᚫᚢ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛣᚢᛈᛟᚱ, ᛋᛟᛗ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚻᚩᛗ.

Golf, wolf, countenance, lieutenants
Hoist in lieu of flags left pennants.
   Courier, courtier, tomb, bomb, comb,
   Cow, but Cowper, some and home.

"ᛋᚪᚢᛞᛟᚱ, ᛋᚩᛚᚳᚷᛟᚱ! ᛒᛚᛟᛞ᛫ᛁᚠ̣᛫ᚦᛁᛣᛟᚱ",
ᛣᚹᚩᚦ᛫ᚻᛁᚷ, "ᚦ̣ᚫᚾ᛫ᛚᛁᛣᛟᚱ᛫ᚩᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛣᛟᚱ",
   ᛗᛖᚷᛣᛁᛝ, ᛁᛏ᛫ᛁᚴ᛫ᛋᚫᛞ᛫ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛏᚱᚢ,
   ᛁᚾ᛫ᛒᚱᛟᚠ̣ᚪᛞᚩ, ᛗᛟᚳ᛫ᛟᛞᚢ.

"Solder, soldier! Blood is thicker",
Quoth he, "than liqueur or liquor",
   Making, it is sad but true,
   In bravado, much ado.

ᛋᛏᚱᛖᚷᚾᚳᚷᛟᚱ᛫ᛞᛟᚴ᛫ᚾᚪᛏ᛫ᚱᚫᚷᛗ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᚫᛝᚸᛟᚱ,
ᚾᚫᚷᚦ̣ᛟᚱ᛫ᛞᛟᚴ᛫ᛞᛟᚠ̣ᚫᚢᛟᚱ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛣᛚᚫᛝᛟᚱ.
   ᛈᚫᚷᛚᛟᛏ, ᛈᛁᚠ̣ᛟᛏ, ᚸᚪᚢᚾᛏ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᚫᚾᛏ,
   ᚠᚪᚢᚾᛏ, ᚠᚱᛟᚾᛏ, ᚹᚩᚾᛏ, ᚹᛟᚾᛏ, ᚸᚱᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚸᚱᚫᚾᛏ.

Stranger does not rhyme with anger,
Neither does devour with clangour.
   Pilot, pivot, gaunt, but aunt,
   Font, front, wont, want, grand and grant.

ᚪᚱᛋᛁᚾᛁᛣ, ᛋᛈᛟᛋᛁᚠᛁᛣ, ᛋᛁᚷᚾᛁᛣ,
ᚱᛖᛚᛁᛣ, ᚱᛖᛏᛟᚱᛁᛣ, ᚻᚫᚷᚳᚷᛖᚾᛁᛣ.
   ᚸᚢᛋᛒᛖᚱᛁᚷ, ᚸᚢᛋ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛣᛚᚩᚴ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛣᛚᚩᛋ,
   ᛈᛖᚱᛟᛞᚫᚷᛋ, ᚱᚫᚷᚴ, ᚱᚩᚴ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛞᚩᛋ.

Arsenic, specific, scenic,
Relic, rhetoric, hygienic.
   Gooseberry, goose, and close, but close,
   Paradise, rise, rose, and dose.

ᛋᛖᚷ᛫ᛁᚾᚠ̣ᛖᚷ᛫ᚾᛖᚷ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛁᚾᚠ̣ᛁᚷᚸᛟᛚ.
ᛗᛖᚷᛣ᛫ᚦ̣ᛟ᛫ᛚᚫᛏᛟᚱ᛫ᚱᚫᚷᛗ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛁᚷᚸᛟᛚ.
   ᛗᚫᚷᚾᛞ! ᛗᛁᚷᚫᚾᛞᛟᚱᛁᛝ᛫ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛗᛁᚷᚾ,
   ᚠ̣ᚫᛚᛁᚾᛏᚫᚷᚾ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛗᚫᚸᛟᚴᛁᚷᚾ.

Say inveigh, neigh, but inveigle,
Make the latter rhyme with eagle.
   Mind! Meandering but mean,
   Valentine and magazine.

ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚫᚷ᛫ᛒᛖᛏ᛫ᛡᚢ, ᛞᛁᚷᚱ, ᛟ᛫ᛈᛖᚾᛁᚷ,
ᛡᚢ᛫ᛋᛖᚷ᛫ᛗᚫᚾᛁ-(ᚠᚩᛚᛞ)᛫ᛚᚫᚷᛣ᛫ᛗᛖᚾᛁᚷ,
   ᚻᚹᛁᚳ᛫ᛁᚴ᛫ᚱᚪᚢᛝ. ᛋᛖᚷ᛫ᚱᛖᚷᛈᛁᚷᛖᚱ, ᛈᛁᚷᚱ,
   ᛏᚫᚷᛟᚱ᛫(ᚹᛟᚾ᛫ᚻᚢ᛫ᛏᚫᚷᚴ), ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛏᛁᚷᚱ.

And I bet you, dear, a penny,
You say mani-(fold) like many,
   Which is wrong. Say rapier, pier,
   Tier (one who ties), but tier.

ᚪᚱᚳ, ᚪᚱᛣᛖᚷᚾᚳᚷᛟᛚ; ᛈᚱᛖᚷ, ᛞᛟᚠ̣ ᛟᚱᛁᛝ
ᚱᚫᚷᛗ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᚻᛖᚱᛁᛝ᛫ᚩᚱ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛋᛏᛟᚱᛁᛝ?
   ᛈᚱᛁᚴᛟᚾ, ᛒᚫᚷᛋᛟᚾ, ᛏᚱᛖᚴᚳᛟᚱ᛫ᛏᚱᚩᚠ̣,
   ᛏᚱᛁᚷᚴᛟᚾ, ᚻᛟᚠ̣ᛟᚱ, ᛣᛟᚠ̣ᛟᚱ, ᛣᚩᚠ̣.

Arch, archangel; pray, does erring
Rhyme with herring or with stirring?
   Prison, bison, treasure trove,
   Treason, hover, cover, cove,

ᛈᛟᚱᛋᛟᚠ̣ᛁᚷᚱᛟᚾᛋ, ᛋᛖᚠ̣ᛟᚱᛟᚾᛋ. ᚱᛁᛒᛟᛚᛞ
ᚱᚫᚷᛗᚴ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫(ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛈᚫᚷᛒᚫᛚᛞ᛫ᛞᛟᚴᚾᛏ)᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᚾᛁᛒᛟᛚᛞ.
   ᚠᛖᚷᛏᛟᚾ, ᛈᛁᚷᛟᚾ, ᚾᚫᛏ, ᚾᚫᛏ, ᚾᚪᚢ,
   ᛚᛁᚷᚾ᛫ᛋᚫᚷᛣᛁᛣ, ᛋᚳᚩᚾ, ᛒᚩᚾ, ᛈᛋᚳᚪᚢ.

Perseverance, severance. Ribald
Rhymes (but piebald doesn't) with nibbled.
   Phaeton, paean, gnat, ghat, gnaw,
   Lien, psychic, shone, bone, pshaw.

ᛞᚩᚾᛏ᛫ᛒᛁᚷ᛫ᛞᚫᚢᚾ, ᛗᚫᚷ᛫ᚩᚾ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᚱᛟᚠ᛫ᛁᛏ,
ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛞᛁᛋᛏᛁᛝᚸᚹᛁᛋᚳ᛫ᛒᛟᚠᛖᚷ, ᛒᛟᚠᛁᛏ;
   ᛒᚱᚢᛞ, ᛋᛏᚣᛞ, ᚱᚢᚠ, ᚱᚣᛣ, ᛋᛣᚢᛚ, ᚹᚣᛚ, ᛒᚢᚾ,
   ᚹᚣᛋᛏᛟᚱ, ᛒᚣᛚᛁᚾ, ᛏᚢ᛫ᛁᛗᛈᛡᚢᚾ.

Don't be down, my own, but rough it,
And distinguish buffet, buffet;
   Brood, stood, roof, rook, school, wool, boon,
   Worcester, Boleyn, to impugn.

ᛋᛖᚷ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᛋᚫᚢᚾᛞᚴ᛫ᛣᛟᚱᛖᛣᛏ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᛏᛟᚱᛚᛁᛝ
ᚻᛟᚱᛋ, ᚻᛁᚷᚱ, ᚻᚪᚱᛣᛟᚾ, ᛡᛁᚷᚱ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛡᛟᚱᛚᛁᛝ.
   ᛁᚷᚠ̣ᛟᛚ, ᛞᛖᚠ̣ᛟᛚ, ᛗᛖᚴᛟᛏᛁᚾᛏ,
   ᛗᚫᚷᚾᛞ᛫ᚦ̣ᛟ᛫ᚴᛁᚷ! (ᛟ᛫ᚳᚷᛖᚾᛏᛟᛚ᛫ᚻᛁᚾᛏ.)

Say in sounds correct and sterling
Hearse, hear, hearken, year, and yearling.
   Evil, devil, mezzotint,
   Mind the z! (A gentle hint.)

ᚾᚫᚢ᛫ᛡᚢ᛫ᚾᛁᚷᛞ᛫ᚾᚪᛏ᛫ᛈᛖᚷ᛫ᛟᛏᛖᚾᚳᚾ
ᛏᚢ᛫ᛋᛟᚳ᛫ᛋᚫᚢᚾᛞᚴ᛫ᚫᚴ᛫ᚫᚷ᛫ᛞᚩᚾᛏ᛫ᛗᛖᚾᚳᚾ,
   ᛋᚫᚢᚾᛞᚴ᛫ᛚᚫᚷᛣ᛫ᛈᚩᚱᚴ, ᛈᚪᚢᚴ, ᛈᚩᚱᚴ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛈᚪᚢᚴ,
   ᚱᚫᚷᛗᛁᛝ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᚦ̣ᛟ᛫ᛈᚱᚩᚾᚫᚢᚾ᛫ᛡᚩᚱᚴ.

Now you need not pay attention
To such sounds as I don't mention,
   Sounds like pores, pause, pours and paws,
   Rhyming with the pronoun yours;

ᚾᚩᚱ᛫ᚪᚱ᛫ᛈᚱᚪᛈᛟᚱ᛫ᚾᛖᚷᛗᚴ᛫ᛁᚾᛣᛚᚢᛞᛁᛞ,
ᚦ̣ᚩ᛫ᚫᚷ᛫ᚪᚢᚠᛏᛟᚾ᛫ᚻᛟᚱᛞ, ᚫᚴ᛫ᛡᚢ᛫ᛞᛁᛞ,
   ᚠᛟᚾᛁᚷ᛫ᚱᚫᚷᛗᚴ᛫ᛏᚢ᛫ᛡᚢᚾᛟᛣᚩᚱᚾ,
   ᛡᛖᛋ, ᛡᚢ᛫ᚾᚩ᛫ᚦ̣ᛖᛗ, ᚠ̣ᚪᚢᚾ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᛏᚱᚫᛇᛟᚾ.

Nor are proper names included,
Though I often heard, as you did,
   Funny rhymes to unicorn,
   Yes, you know them, Vaughan and Strachan.

ᚾᚩ, ᛗᚫᚷ᛫ᛗᛖᚷᛞᛟᚾ, ᛣᚩᚷ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛣᛟᛗᛚᛁᚷ,
ᚫᚷ᛫ᛞᚩᚾᛏ᛫ᚹᛟᚾᛏ᛫ᛏᚢ᛫ᛋᛈᛁᚷᛣ᛫ᛟᚠ̣᛫ᛣᛟᛚᛗᛟᚾᛞᛚᛁᚷ.
   ᚾᚩ. ᛡᛖᛏ᛫ᚠᚱᚢᛞ᛫ᛣᛟᛗᛈᛖᚱᛞ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛈᚱᚫᚢᛞ
   ᛁᚴ᛫ᚾᚩ᛫ᛒᛖᛏᛟᚱ᛫ᚦ̣ᚫᚾ᛫ᛗᛟᛣᛚᚫᚢᛞ.

No, my maiden, coy and comely,
I don't want to speak of Cholmondeley.
   No. Yet Froude compared with proud
   Is no better than McLeod.

ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛗᚫᚷᚾᛞ᛫ᛏᚱᛁᚠ̣ᛁᚷᛟᛚ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚠ̣ᚫᚷᛟᛚ,
ᛏᚱᚫᚷᛈᚪᛞ, ᛗᛁᚷᚾᛁᚷᛟᛚ, ᛞᛁᚾᚫᚷᛟᛚ,
   ᛏᚱᚩᛚ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛏᚱᚪᛚᛁᚷ, ᚱᛖᛚᛗ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚱᛁᚷᛗ,
   ᛋᛣᛖᛡᚳᛚ, ᛗᛁᛋᚳᛁᚠ, ᛋᛣᛁᛋᛗ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᛣᛁᚷᛗ.

But mind trivial and vial,
Tripod, menial, denial,
   Troll and trolley, realm and ream,
   Schedule, mischief, schism, and scheme.

ᚪᚱᚳᚷᛟᛚ, ᚳᚷᛁᛚ᛫ᚪᚱᚸᚫᚷᛟᛚ᛫ᚸᛁᛚ. ᛋᚳᛟᚱᛚᛁᚷ
ᛗᛖᚷ᛫ᛒᛁᚷ᛫ᛗᛖᚷᛞ᛫ᛏᚢ᛫ᚱᚫᚷᛗ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᚱᚪᛚᛁᚷ,
   ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛡᚩᚱ᛫ᚾᚪᛏ᛫ᛋᛟᛈᚩᚴᛞ᛫ᛏᚢ᛫ᛋᛖᚷ
   ᛈᛁᛣᛖᛏ᛫ᚱᚫᚷᛗᚴ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛋᚩᛒᚱᛁᚷᛣᛖᚷ.

Argil, gill, Argyll, gill. Surely
May be made to rhyme with Raleigh,
   But you're not supposed to say
   Piquet rhymes with sobriquet.

ᚻᚫᛞ᛫ᚦ̣ᛁᛋ᛫ᛁᚾᚠ̣ᛟᛚᛁᛞ᛫ᛁᚾᚠ̣ᚫᛚᛁᛞ
ᚹᛟᚱᚦᛚᛟᛋ᛫ᛞᚪᛣᛡᚢᛗᛟᚾᛏᛋ? ᚻᚫᚢ᛫ᛈᚫᛚᛁᛞ,
   ᚻᚫᚢ᛫ᛟᚾᛣᚢᚦ᛫ᚻᛁᚷ, ᛣᚫᚢᚳᛟᚾᛏ, ᛚᚣᛣᛏ,
   ᚻᚹᛖᚾ᛫ᚠᚩᚱ᛫ᛈᚩᚱᛏᛋᛗᛟᚦ᛫ᚫᚷ᛫ᚻᚫᛞ᛫ᛒᚣᛣᛏ!

Had this invalid invalid
Worthless documents? How pallid,
   How uncouth he, couchant, looked,
   When for Portsmouth I had booked!

ᚴᚢᛋ, ᚦᛁᚷᛒᚴ, ᚦᛖᚷᛚᛁᚷᚴ, ᚫᚠᚱᛟᛞᚫᚷᛏ,
ᛈᚫᚱᛟᛗᚩᚱ, ᛟᚾᚫᛗᚱᛞ, ᚠᛚᚫᚷᛏᛁᚷ,
   ᛖᛈᛁᛋᚩᛞᚴ, ᚫᚾᛏᛟᛈᚩᛞᚴ,
   ᚫᛣᚹᛁᚷᛖᛋ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚪᛒᛋᛖᛣᚹᛁᚷᚴ.

Zeus, Thebes, Thales, Aphrodite,
Paramour, enamoured, flighty,
   Episodes, antipodes,
   Acquiesce, and obsequies.

ᛈᛚᛁᚷᚴ᛫ᛞᚩᚾᛏ᛫ᛗᛟᛝᛣᛁᚷ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᚦ̣ᛟ᛫ᚸᚫᚷᚴᛟᚱ,
ᛞᚩᚾᛏ᛫ᛈᛁᚷᛚ᛫ᛏᛖᚷᛏᛟᚱᚴ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛗᚫᚷ᛫ᚱᛖᚷᚴᛟᚱ.
   ᚱᚫᚦ̣ᛟᚱ᛫ᛋᛖᚷ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᚫᛣᛋᛖᚾᛏᛋ᛫ᛈᛡᚣᚱ:
   ᚾᛖᚷᚳᛟᚱ, ᛋᛏᚫᚳᛟᚱ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛗᛟᚳᚣᚱ.

Please don't monkey with the geyser,
Don't peel 'taters with my razor,
   Rather say in accents pure:
   Nature, stature and mature.

ᛈᚫᚷᛟᛋ, ᛁᛗᛈᛁᚷᛟᛋ, ᛚᛁᛗ, ᛣᛚᚫᚷᛗ, ᚸᛚᛟᛗᛚᛁᚷ,
ᚹᚣᛋᛏᛁᛞ, ᚹᚩᚱᛋᛏᛁᛞ, ᛣᚱᛟᛗᛒᛚᛁᚷ, ᛞᛟᛗᛚᛁᚷ,
   ᛣᚪᛝᛣᛟᚱ, ᛣᚪᚾᛣᚹᛖᛋᛏ, ᚠ̣ᛖᚷᛋ, ᚠᛖᚷᚴ, ᚠᚫᚾ,
   ᚹᚪᚾ, ᛋᛟᛞᚫᚾ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚪᚱᛏᛟᚴᚾ.

Pious, impious, limb, climb, glumly,
Worsted, worsted, crumbly, dumbly,
   Conquer, conquest, vase, phase, fan,
   Wan, sedan and artisan.

ᚦ̣ᛟ᛫ᛏᛁᚷ-ᛖᚷᚳ᛫ᚹᛁᛚ᛫ᛋᚳᛟᚱᛚᛁᚷ᛫ᛏᚱᛟᛒᛟᛚ᛫ᛡᚢ
ᛗᚩᚱ᛫ᚦ̣ᚫᚾ᛫ᚪᚱ, ᛋᛁᚷ-ᛖᚷᚳ, ᚩᚱ᛫ᛞᛟᛒᛟᛚ᛫ᛡᚢ.
   ᛋᛖᚷ᛫ᚦ̣ᛖᚾ᛫ᚦ̣ᛁᚷᚴ᛫ᚠᛟᚾᛖᛏᛁᛣ᛫ᚳᚷᛖᛗᚴ:
   ᛏᚪᛗᛟᛋ, ᛏᚫᚷᛗ, ᛏᛟᚱᛁᚷᛋᛟ, ᛏᛖᚷᛗᛋ.

The th will surely trouble you
More than r, ch or w.
   Say then these phonetic gems:
   Thomas, thyme, Theresa, Thames.

ᛏᚪᛗᛈᛋᛟᚾ, ᚳᚫᛏᛟᛗ, ᚹᚪᛚᛏᛟᛗ, ᛋᛏᚱᛖᛏᛟᛗ,
ᚦ̣ᛖᚱ᛫ᚪᚱ᛫ᛗᚩᚱ᛫ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᚫᚷ᛫ᚠᚩᚱᛖᛏ᛫ᛟᛗ
   ᚹᛖᚷᛏ! ᚫᚷᚠ̣᛫ᚸᚪᛏ᛫ᛁᛏ: ᚫᚾᚦᛟᚾᛁᚷ,
   ᛚᚫᚷᛏᛟᚾ᛫ᛡᚩᚱ᛫ᚫᛝᚴᚫᚷᛟᛏᛁᚷ.

Thompson, Chatham, Waltham, Streatham,
There are more but I forget 'em-
   Wait! I've got it: Anthony,
   Lighten your anxiety.

ᚦ̣ᛁᚷ᛫ᚪᚱᛣᛖᚷᛁᛣ᛫ᚹᛟᚱᛞ᛫ᚫᛚᛒᛁᚷᛁᛏ
ᛞᛟᚴ᛫ᚾᚪᛏ᛫ᚱᚫᚷᛗ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛖᚷᛏ᛫ᛡᚢ᛫ᛋᛁᚷ᛫ᛁᛏ;
   ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚠᚩᚱᚦᚹᛁᚦ, ᚹᛟᚾ᛫ᚻᚫᚴ᛫ᚠ̣ᚩᚷᛋ,
   ᚹᛟᚾ᛫ᚻᚫᚴ᛫ᚾᚪᛏ, ᛡᚢ᛫ᛗᛖᚷᛣ᛫ᛡᚩᚱ᛫ᚳᚩᚷᛋ.

The archaic word albeit
Does not rhyme with eight-you see it;
   With and forthwith, one has voice,
   One has not, you make your choice.

ᛋᚳᚢᚴ, ᚸᚩᚴ, ᛞᛟᚴ. ᚾᚫᚢ᛫ᚠᛟᚱᛋᛏ᛫ᛋᛖᚷ: ᚠᛁᛝᚸᚱ;
ᚦ̣ᛖᚾ᛫ᛋᛖᚷ᛫ᛋᛁᛝᛟᚱ, ᚳᚷᛁᚾᚳᚷᛟᚱ, ᛚᛁᛝᚸᛟᚱ.
   ᚱᛁᚷᛟᛚ, ᚴᛁᚷᛟᛚ, ᛗᚪᚢᚠ̣, ᚸᚪᚢᚴ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚸᛖᚷᚳᚷ,
   ᛗᛖᚱᛁᚳᚷ, ᚠᚩᛚᛁᚷᛟᚳᚷ, ᛗᛁᚱᚫᚴᚳ, ᛖᚷᚳᚷ.

Shoes, goes, does. Now first say: finger;
Then say: singer, ginger, linger.
   Real, zeal, mauve, gauze and gauge,
   Marriage, foliage, mirage, age,

ᚻᛁᚷᚱᚩ, ᚻᛖᚱᛟᚾ, ᛣᚹᛖᚱᛁᚷ, ᚠ̣ᛖᚱᛁᚷ,
ᛈᛖᚱᛁᚷ, ᛏᛖᚱᛁᚷ, ᚠᛡᛟᚱᛁᚷ, ᛒᛖᚱᛁᚷ,
   ᛞᚪᛋᛏ, ᛚᚪᚢᛋᛏ, ᛈᚩᛋᛏ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛞᚪᚢᚦ, ᛣᛚᚪᚢᚦ, ᛚᚩᚦ,
   ᚳᚷᚪᛒ, ᚳᚷᚩᛒ, ᛒᛚᚪᛋᛟᛗ, ᛒᚣᚴᛟᛗ, ᚩᚦ.

Hero, heron, query, very,
Parry, tarry fury, bury,
   Dost, lost, post, and doth, cloth, loth,
   Job, Job, blossom, bosom, oath.

ᚠᚪᚢ, ᛟᛈᛟᚸᚾᛟᚾᛏ, ᛣᛁᚷᚾ, ᛟᛈᚷᚢᚸᚾᛟᚱᚴ,
ᛒᚩᛁᛝ, ᛒᚫᚢᛁᛝ, ᛒᚫᚾᚳᚷᚩ-ᛏᚢᚾᛟᚱᚴ
   ᚻᚩᛗ᛫ᛡᚢ᛫ᚾᚩ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᚾᚩᚴ, ᛣᛟᚾᚢᚴ,
   ᛈᛡᚢᛋᚾᛁᚷ, ᛏᚱᚢᛁᚴᛟᛗ, ᛡᚢᛋ, ᛏᚢ᛫ᛡᚢᚴ?

Faugh, oppugnant, keen oppugners,
Bowing, bowing, banjo-tuners
   Holm you know, but noes, canoes,
   Puisne, truism, use, to use?

ᚦ̣ᚩ᛫ᚦ̣ᛟ᛫ᛞᛁᚠᛟᚱᛟᚾᛋ᛫ᛋᛁᚷᛗᚴ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᛟᛚ,
ᚹᛁᚷ᛫ᛋᛖᚷ᛫ᚫᛣᚳᚢᛟᛚ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᚠ̣ᛁᛣᛏᛟᛚ,
   ᛋᛁᚷᛏ, ᛋᚹᛖᛏ, ᚳᛖᚷᛋᛏ, ᛣᚫᛋᛏ, ᛚᛖᚷ, ᛖᚷᛏ, ᚻᚫᚷᛏ,
   ᛈᚣᛏ, ᚾᛟᛏ, ᚸᚱᚫᚾᛟᛏ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛡᚢᚾᚫᚷᛏ.

Though the difference seems little,
We say actual, but victual,
   Seat, sweat, chaste, caste, Leigh, eight, height,
   Put, nut, granite, and unite.

ᚱᛁᚷᚠᛟᚱ, ᛞᛟᚴ᛫ᚾᚪᛏ᛫ᚱᚫᚷᛗ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛞᛖᚠᚱ,
ᚠᛖᚠᛟᚱ᛫ᛞᛟᚴ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚴᛖᚠᛟᚱ, ᚻᛖᚠᛟᚱ.
   ᛞᛟᛚ, ᛒᚣᛚ, ᚳᚷᚪᚢᚠᚱᛁᚷ, ᚳᚷᚩᚱᚳᚷ, ᛖᚷᛏ, ᛚᛖᚷᛏ,
   ᚻᛁᚾᛏ, ᛈᚫᚷᚾᛏ, ᛋᛖᚾᛟᛏ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛋᛟᛞᛖᚷᛏ.

Reefer does not rhyme with deafer,
Feoffer does, and zephyr, heifer.
   Dull, bull, Geoffrey, George, ate, late,
   Hint, pint, senate, but sedate.

ᚸᛖᚷᛚᛁᛣ, ᛖᚱᛟᛒᛁᛣ, ᛈᛟᛋᛁᚠᛁᛣ,
ᛋᚫᚷᛟᚾᛋ, ᛣᚪᚾᛋᚳᛟᚾᛋ, ᛋᚫᚷᛟᚾᛏᛁᚠᛁᛣ;
   ᛏᚣᚱ᛫ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᚫᚢᚱ, ᛞᚫᚢᚱ, ᛋᛟᛣᛟᚱ, ᚠᚩᚱ,
   ᚸᚫᛋ, ᛟᛚᚫᛋ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚪᚱᛣᛟᚾᛋᚪᚢ.

Gaelic, Arabic, pacific,
Science, conscience, scientific;
   Tour, but our, dour, succour, four,
   Gas, alas, and Arkansas.

ᛋᛖᚷ᛫ᛗᛟᚾᚢᚠ̣ᛟᚱ, ᛡᚪᛏ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚠ̣ᚪᛗᛟᛏ,
ᚾᛖᛣᛋᛏ᛫ᚩᛗᛁᛏ, ᚻᚹᛁᚳ᛫ᛞᛁᚠᚱᚴ᛫ᚠᚱᛟᛗ᛫ᛁᛏ
   ᛒᚩᚾᛟ᛫ᚠᚫᚷᛞ, ᚫᛚᛟᛒᚫᚷ
   ᚳᚷᚫᚷᚱᛖᚷᛏ᛫ᛞᚫᚢᛟᚱᛁᚷ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛟᚱᚫᚷ.

Say manoeuvre, yacht and vomit,
Next omit, which differs from it
   Bona fide, alibi
   Gyrate, dowry and awry.

ᛋᛁᚷ, ᚫᚷᛞᛁᚷᛟ, ᚸᛁᚾᛁᚷ, ᛟᚱᛁᚷᚾᛟ,
ᛋᚪᛗ, ᛗᛟᚱᛁᚷᛟ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛗᛟᛚᛖᚱᛁᚷᛟ.
   ᛡᚢᚦ, ᛋᚫᚢᚦ, ᛋᛟᚦ̣ᛟᚱᚾ, ᛣᛚᛖᚾᚠ̣, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛣᛚᛁᚷᚾ,
   ᛞᚪᛣᛏᚱᛟᚾ, ᛏᛟᚱᛈᛁᚾᛏᚫᚷᚾ, ᛗᛟᚱᛁᚷᚾ.

Sea, idea, guinea, area,
Psalm, Maria, but malaria.
   Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean,
   Doctrine, turpentine, marine.

ᛣᛟᛗᛈᛖᚱ᛫ᛖᚷᛚᛁᚷᛟᚾ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛁᛏᚫᛚᚷᛟᚾ,
ᛞᚫᚾᛞᛁᚷᛚᚫᚷᛟᚾ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛒᛟᛏᚫᛚᚷᛟᚾ,
   ᚱᚫᛚᛁᚷ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᚫᛚᚫᚷ; ᛡᛖᚷ, ᛡᛁᚷ,
   ᚫᚷ, ᚫᚷ, ᚫᚷ, ᚫᚷ, ᚻᚹᛖᚷ, ᛣᛁᚷ, ᛣᛁᚷ

Compare alien with Italian,
Dandelion with battalion,
   Rally with ally; yea, ye,
   Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, key, quay!

ᛋᛖᚷ᛫ᛖᚷᚠ̣ᛟᚱ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛖᚠ̣ᛟᚱ, ᚠᛁᚷᚠ̣ᛟᚱ,
ᚾᛁᚷᚦ̣ᛟᚱ, ᛚᛁᚷᚴᚳᛟᚱ, ᛋᛣᛖᚷᚾ, ᚱᛁᛋᛁᚷᚠ̣ᛟᚱ.
   ᚾᛖᚠ̣ᛟᚱ᛫ᚸᛖᛋ-ᛁᛏ᛫ᛁᛋ᛫ᚾᚪᛏ᛫ᛋᛖᚷᚠ,
   ᚹᛁᚷ᛫ᛋᛖᚷ᛫ᛣᚫᚠ̣ᚴ, ᚠ̣ᚫᛚᚠ̣ᚴ, ᚻᚫᚠ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᚱᚫᛚᚠ.

Say aver, but ever, fever,
Neither, leisure, skein, receiver.
   Never guess-it is not safe,
   We say calves, valves, half, but Ralf.

ᛋᛏᚪᚱᛁᚷ, ᚸᚱᚫᚾᛟᚱᛁᚷ, ᛣᛟᚾᛖᚱᛁᚷ,
ᛣᚱᛖᚠ̣ᛟᛋ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛞᛟᚠ̣ᚫᚷᛋ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛖᚱᛁᚷ
   ᚠᛖᚷᛋ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛈᚱᛖᚠᛁᛋ, ᚦ̣ᛖᚾ᛫ᚸᚱᛁᛗᛁᛋ,
   ᚠᛚᛖᛗ, ᚠᛚᛟᚸᛗᚫᛏᛁᛣ, ᚫᛋ, ᚸᛚᚫᛋ, ᛒᛖᚷᛋ.

Starry, granary, canary,
Crevice, but device, and eyrie,
   Face, but preface, then grimace,
   Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass.

ᛒᚫᛋ, ᛚᚪᚱᚳᚷ, ᛏᚪᚱᚸᛟᛏ, ᚳᚷᛁᚾ, ᚸᛁᚠ̣, ᚠ̣ᛟᚱᚳᚷᛁᛝ,
ᚪᚢᛏ, ᚫᚢᛋᛏ, ᚳᚷᚫᚢᛋᛏ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᛣᚫᚢᛟᚱ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛋᛣᛟᚱᚳᚷᛁᛝ;
   ᛁᚷᚱ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛟᚱᚾ; ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛖᚱ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛏᛖᚱ
   ᛞᚢ᛫ᚾᚪᛏ᛫ᚱᚫᚷᛗ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᚻᛁᚷᚱ᛫ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛖᚱ.

Bass, large, target, gin, give, verging,
Ought, oust, joust, and scour, but scourging;
   Ear, but earn; and ere and tear
   Do not rhyme with here but heir.

ᛗᚫᚷᚾᛞ᛫ᚦ̣ᛟ᛫ᚩ᛫ᛟᚠ̣᛫ᚪᚢᚠ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚪᚢᚠᛟᚾ
ᚻᚹᛁᚳ᛫ᛗᛖᚷ᛫ᛒᛁᚷ᛫ᛈᚱᛟᚾᚫᚢᚾᛋᛏ᛫ᚫᚴ᛫ᚩᚱᚠᛟᚾ,
   ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᚦ̣ᛟ᛫ᛋᚫᚢᚾᛞ᛫ᛟᚠ̣᛫ᛋᚪᚢ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᚪᚢᛋ;
   ᚪᛚᛋᚩ᛫ᛋᚪᚢᚠᛏ, ᛚᚪᚢᛋᛏ, ᛣᛚᚪᚢᚦ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛣᚱᚪᚢᛋ.

Mind the o of off and often
Which may be pronounced as orphan,
   With the sound of saw and sauce;
   Also soft, lost, cloth and cross.

ᛈᚣᛞᛁᛝ, ᛈᛟᛞᛟᛚ, ᛈᚣᛏᛁᛝ. ᛈᛟᛏᛁᛝ?
ᛡᛖᛋ: ᚫᛏ᛫ᚸᚪᚢᛚᚠ, ᛁᛏ᛫ᚱᚫᚷᛗᚴ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛋᚳᛟᛏᛁᛝ.
   ᚱᛖᛋᛈᚫᚷᛏ, ᛋᛈᚫᚷᛏ, ᛣᛟᚾᛋᛖᚾᛏ, ᚱᛁᚴᛖᚾᛏ.
   ᛚᚫᚷᛟᛒᛟᛚ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛈᚪᚱᛚᛁᛗᛟᚾᛏ.

Pudding, puddle, putting. Putting?
Yes: at golf, it rhymes with shutting.
   Respite, spite, consent, resent.
   Liable, but Parliament.

ᛋᛖᚠ̣ᛟᚾ᛫ᛁᚴ᛫ᚱᚫᚷᛏ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᛋᚩ᛫ᛁᛋ᛫ᛁᚷᚠ̣ᛟᚾ,
ᚻᚫᚷᚠᛟᚾ, ᚱᛟᚠᛟᚾ, ᚾᛖᚠᛡᚢ, ᛋᛏᛁᚷᚠ̣ᛟᚾ,
   ᛗᛟᛝᛣᛁᚷ, ᛞᚪᚢᛝᛣᛁᚷ, ᛣᛚᛟᚱᛣ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚳᚷᛟᚱᛣ,
   ᚫᛋᛈ, ᚸᚱᚫᛋᛈ, ᚹᚪᛋᛈ, ᛞᛟᛗᛖᚷᚾ, ᛣᚩᚱᛣ, ᚹᛟᚱᛣ.

Seven is right, but so is even,
Hyphen, roughen, nephew, Stephen,
   Monkey, donkey, clerk and jerk,
   Asp, grasp, wasp, demesne, cork, work.

ᛖᚷ᛫ᛟᚠ̣᛫ᛟᚠ᛫ᚠ̣ᚫᛚᛟᚱ, ᚠ̣ᚫᛈᛁᛞ, ᚠ̣ᛖᚷᛈᛟᚱ,
ᛖᛋ᛫ᛟᚠ̣᛫ᚾᚢᚴ᛫(ᛣᛟᛗᛈᛖᚱ᛫ᚾᚢᚠ̣ᛈᛖᚷᛈᛟᚱ),
   ᚳᚷᛁᚷ᛫ᛟᚠ̣᛫ᚳᚷᛁᛒᛁᛏ, ᚸᛁᛒᛟᚾ, ᚳᚷᛁᛋᛏ,
   ᚫᚷ᛫ᛟᚠ̣᛫ᚫᚾᛏᛁᚷᛣᚱᚫᚷᛋᛏ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚸᚱᛁᛋᛏ,

A of valour, vapid vapour,
S of news (compare newspaper),
   G of gibbet, gibbon, gist,
   I of antichrist and grist,

ᛞᛁᚠᚱ᛫ᛚᚫᚷᛣ᛫ᛞᚫᚷᚠ̣ᛟᚱᛋ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛞᚫᚷᚠ̣ᛟᚱᚴ,
ᚱᛁᚠ̣ᛟᚱᚴ, ᛋᛏᚱᚫᚷᚠ̣ᛟᚱᚴ, ᛋᚳᛁᚠ̣ᛟᚱᚴ, ᚠᚫᚷᚠ̣ᛟᚱᚴ.
   ᚹᛟᚾᛋ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᚾᚪᚾᛋ, ᛏᚩᛚ, ᛞᚪᚢᛚ, ᛒᛟᛏ᛫ᚱᚩᛚ,
   ᛈᚪᛚᛁᛋᚳ, ᛈᚩᛚᛁᛋᚳ, ᛈᚪᛚ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛈᚩᛚ.

Differ like diverse and divers,
Rivers, strivers, shivers, fivers.
   Once, but nonce, toll, doll, but roll,
   Polish, Polish, poll and poll.

ᛈᚱᛟᚾᚫᚢᚾᛋᛁᚷᛖᚷᛋᚳᚾ-ᚦᛁᛝᛣ᛫ᛟᚠ̣᛫ᛋᚫᚷᛣᛁᚷ!
ᛁᚠ̣᛫ᛁᛏ᛫ᛈᛖᚷᛚᛁᛝ, ᛋᛏᚫᚢᛏ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᛈᚫᚷᛣᛁᚷ.
   ᚹᚩᚾᛏ᛫ᛁᛏ᛫ᛗᛖᚷᛣ᛫ᛡᚢ᛫ᛚᚢᚴ᛫ᛡᚩᚱ᛫ᚹᛁᛏᛋ
   ᚱᚫᚷᛏᛁᛝ᛫ᚸᚱᚩᛏᛋ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᛖᚷᛁᛝ᛫"ᚸᚱᛁᛏᛋ"?

Pronunciation-think of Psyche!-
Is a paling, stout and spiky.
   Won't it make you lose your wits
   Writing groats and saying "grits"?

ᛁᛏᛋ᛫ᛟ᛫ᛞᚪᚱᛣ᛫ᛟᛒᛁᛋ᛫ᚩᚱ᛫ᛏᛟᚾᛟᛚ
ᛋᛏᚱᚢᚾ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛋᛏᚩᚾᚴ᛫ᛚᚫᚷᛣ᛫ᚱᚪᛚᛟᛣ, ᚸᛟᚾᛟᛚ,
   ᛁᚴᛚᛁᛝᛏᛟᚾ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚫᚷᛚ᛫ᛟᚠ̣᛫ᚹᚫᚷᛏ,
   ᚻᚫᚢᛋᚹᚫᚷᚠ, ᚠ̣ᛟᚱᛞᛁᛣᛏ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛁᚾᛞᚫᚷᛏ.

It's a dark abyss or tunnel
Strewn with stones like rowlock, gunwale,
   Islington, and Isle of Wight,
   Housewife, verdict and indict.

ᛞᚩᚾᛏ᛫ᛡᚢ᛫ᚦ̣ᛁᛝᛣ᛫ᛋᚩ, ᚱᛁᚷᛞᛟᚱ, ᚱᚫᚦ̣ᛟᚱ,
ᛋᛖᚷᛁᛝ᛫ᛚᚫᚦ̣ᛟᚱ, ᛒᛖᚷᚦ̣ᛟᚱ, ᚠᚪᚦ̣ᛟᚱ?
   ᚠᚫᚷᚾᛟᛚᛁᚷ, ᚻᚹᛁᚳ᛫ᚱᚫᚷᛗᚠ̣᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛟᚾᛟᚠ,
   ᚦ̣ᚩ, ᚦᚱᚢ, ᛒᚫᚢ, ᛣᚪᚢᚠ, ᚻᛟᚠ, ᛋᛟᚠ, ᛏᛟᚠ??

Don't you think so, reader, rather,
Saying lather, bather, father?
   Finally, which rhymes with enough,
   Though, through, bough, cough, hough, sough, tough??

ᚻᛁᛣᛟᛈ᛫ᚻᚫᚴ᛫ᚦ̣ᛟ᛫ᛋᚫᚢᚾᛞ᛫ᛟᚠ̣᛫ᛋᛟᛈ...
ᛗᚫᚷ᛫ᚫᛞᚠ̣ᚫᚷᛋ᛫ᛁᚴ: ᚸᛁᚠ̣᛫ᛁᛏ᛫ᛟᛈ!

Hiccough has the sound of sup...
My advice is: GIVE IT UP!