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[To THE torsos or THE SPECTAiOP."I Sie.—An even worse instance

of imperfect rhyming than that of " hundred " with " wondered " is in the same poem where "hundred " is rhymed with " onward "! Tennyson made free use of the so-called " allowable" rhymer, such as " flow " and " row," " flow " and " do," " stood " and " blood," " ROW " and " low," "home" and "come," "arm" and " form," " fear " and " bear," " guest " sad " priest," to quote a few lit random. Probably two of his worst really bad rhymes are " air " and

sepulchre" and " sank mates " and " palaces "! If one wants perfect rhymes he is more likely to get them among minor poets, who cannot afford to take rhyming liberties to tine some extent as poets of established reputation can, and do!-1 am, Sir, hc.,

Wane IV nor.