Stop when they find a Lion in the Way."—Waller.
The other sort of single rhyme is of the words that have their accent on the last syllable save two, and these rhyme to the other in the same manner as the former; that is to say, if they end in any of the vowels, except mute e, the rhyme is made only to that vowel; as,
"So seems to speak the youthful Deity;
Voice, Colour, Hair, and all like Mercury."—Waller.
But if they end in a consonant or mute e, the rhyme must begin at the vowel that precedes that consonant, and continue to the end of the word; as has been shewn by the former examples.
But we must take notice, that all the words that are accented on the last save two, will rhyme not only to one another, but also to all the words whose terminations have the same sound, though they are accented on the last syllable. Thus tenderness rhymes not only to poetess, wretchedness, and the like, that are accented on the last save two, but also to confess, excess, &c., that are accented on the last; as,
"Thou art my Father now these Words confess That Name, and that indulgent Tenderness."—Dryden.
Section II.—Of double and treble rhyme.
All words that are accented on the last save one, require rhyme to begin at the vowel of that syllable, and to continue to the end of the word; and this is what we call double rhyme; as,
"Then all for Women, Painting, Rhyming, Drinking,