Words; Their Use and Abuse

by William Mathews

To joy’s quick step, as well as grief’s slow tread.

The sweet, plain words we learned at first keep time;

And though the theme be sad, or gay, or grand,

With each, with all, these may be made to chime,

In thought, or speech, or song, in prose or rhyme.”

FOOTNOTES:

[11] “Lectures on the English Language,” by G. P. Marsh.

[12] “The Use of Short Words,” by Hon. Horatio Seymour.

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