From the sails the dew did drip.
The sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Thousands of their seamen looked down from their decks and laughed.
[7.] Sound the letter h in what, while, where, when, which, whether, white, whiten, whine, whist, etc.
[8.] Avoid the sound of u in:
for, from, was, because, when, what, etc.
for coalescent e in: her, earn, verse, mercy, verge, serge, prefer, ermine, etc.
for ĕ in: enemy, events, poem, etc.
for ĭ in: spirit, family, credible, visible, charity, unity, sanity, humanity, ruin, promise, divide, divisible, dissolve, languid, negative, similar, abominable, imitate, inimitable, purity, native, etc.
for i (coalescent) in: sir, bird, girl, first, virgin, etc.
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.