ntst.-hunt'st, taunt'st. Hunt'st thou the wild gazelle ? nz.-plains, moons, moans, lens, vanes. Though slow of reward, merit wins in the end. pld.-tramp'ld, tippl'd, toppl'd, dappl'd. The dimpled cheek of the child wore an angel's smile. pldst. rippl'dst, peopl'dst, rumpl'dst. Thou trampl'dst the worm that harmed thee not. plz.-mapl's, appl's, toppl's, stippl's, stapl's. Age on their temples shed her silver frost. plst.-trampl'st, rippl'st, sampl'st, toppl'st, tippl'st. Thou sampl'st the tap, and then toppl'st to thy miserable home. pnd.-rip'n'd, op'n'd, deep'n'd, happ'n'd, sharp'n'd. The golden ripples of the rip'n'd grain make glad the heart of the peasant. pnz.-op'ns, happ'ns, rip'ns, cheap'ns. The combat deep'ns-on, ye brave ! pr. pride, proper, prune, print, prey. Prompt to relieve, the prisoner sings his praise. ps.-tips, tops, props, tapes, mops. Thought droops and stops as the eyes grow heavy with sleep. pst.-top'st, prop'st, heap'st, shap'st, hoop'st. Thou slapp'st the child thou shouldst have kissed. pt.-wept, slipp'd, supp'd, stopp'd. The little one wept itself to sleep. pts.-intercepts, accepts, precepts. The father's precepts the dutiful son obeyed. ptst.-hop'd'st, accept'st, intercept'st. Accept'st thou the commission offered thee? pths.-depths. From the depths of despair, the sorrowing soul is lifted on the wings of love. rb.-herb, verb, orb, curb, garb. Curb thy tongue, for its barb'd words stick where they strike. rbd.-orb'd, curb'd, garb'd, disturb'd. No reveille disturb'd his slumbers; for he slept the sleep of death. rbdst.-barb'dst, orb'dst, curb'dst, disturb'dst. Thou curb'dst well the gallant steed thou strod'st. rbz.-barbs, verbs, orbs, disturbs. The orbs of night in the winter's sky shine clear and bright. rbst.-absorb'st, barb'st, curb'st, disturb'st. Thou absorb'st our precious time by trivial talk. rdz.-words, birds, cards, chords, herds. The silver cords of friendship may unite many hearts which the golden cords of love dare not entwine. rdst.-reward'st, herd'st, guard'st. Thou regard'st whom thou reward'st. rfs.-serfs, dwarfs, turfs, scarfs. Dwarfs and pygmies shall to giants rise. rgz.-bergs, icebergs, burgs. The icebergs float from the Arctic seas. rdzh.-surge, forge, enlarge, gorge, emerge. From out the gorge sweeps the wild torrent to the verge of the precipice. rdzhd.--urg'd, charg'd, merg'd, forg'd. So they beat against the State House, So they surged against the door. rks.-barks, corks, works, larks, storks. He marks the tracks of the wounded by the crimson trails in the snow. rkst.-mark'st, work'st, bark'st, cork'st. Mark'st thou the spot where the hero died ? rkt.-work'd, mark'd, lurk'd, fork'd, jerk'd. He work'd his way to the topmost round of the ladder of fame. rktst.-bark'dst, work'dst, fork'dst, lurk'dst. Thou lurk'dst round our haunts like a mer cenary spy. rld.-curl'd, snarl'd, whirl'd, furl'd, world. Round the chieftain's head the war-cloud curl'd. rldst.-hurl'dst, snarl'dst, furl'dst, whirl'dst. Thou furl'dst thy sails in the harbor of bliss. rldz.-worlds. Worlds unseen, the eye of faith explores. rlz.-hurls, pearls, snarls, twirls, churls. The glittering pearls of the sea are not to be compared with the priceless pearls of thought. rmd.-arm'd, charm'd, form'd, harm'd. "Arm'd, say you?" "Arm'd, my lord." rmdst.-form'dst, storm'dst, charm'dst, worm'dst. Thou charm'dst the maid whose ear was not proof against flattery's wiles. rmz.-charms, forms, storms, terms. Truth storms the citadel of falsehood, and accepts no terms but unconditional surrender. rmst.-form'st, charm'st, storm'st, alarm'st. Thou charm'st me with thy silver-tongued speech. rmth.-warmth. What warmth of feeling is in thy golden words. rnd.-scorn'd, earn'd, burn'd, warn'd. rndst. We were warn'd of our danger in time to escape. burn'dst, turn'dst, scorn'dst, warn'dst, learn'dst. Thou learn'dst thy lesson well, though thou scorn'dst to confess it. rnz.-spurns, darns, mourns, urns. As the sun sets, the leaden cloud turns to burnished gold. rps.-carps, warps, sharps, thorps, harps. We hanged our harps upon the willows. rpt.-warp'd, usurp'd, harp'd. Wealth usurp'd the throne where intellect long had ruled. rs.-scarce, purse, fierce, source, farce. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy. rsh.-marsh, Kershaw, harsh. Kershaw island is in San Francisco Bay. rsts.-versts, bursts, thirsts. The Russian treads his weary versts o'er glittering fields of snow. rtst.-smart'st, hurt'st, part'st, girt'st, report'st. O jealousy! thou part'st the hearts that should be ours. rths.-earths, worths, hearths, births, fourths. The earth's productiveness is in excess of possible consumption. rtsht.-march'd, search'd, parch'd, perch'd. Pygmies are pygmies still, though perch'd on Alps. rvd.-preserv'd, nerv'd, starv'd, carv'd. He never swerv'd from the line of duty. rvdst.-curv'dst, swerv'dst, carv'dst, preserv'dst. Thou preserv'dst me from mine enemies. rvz.-nerves, starves, swerves. The fool serves his body, but starves his mind. rvst.-curv'st, carv'st, preserv'st. Thou serv'st me well, thou nerv'st my arm for the fight. rz.-stars, wars, bars, tears, stores. His fears were the children of a violated conscience. sf.-Sphinx, sphere. Within my sphere, I am as secret as the Sphinx. shr.-shrill, shriek, shrine, shrink, shrunk, shrank. He shrank from the shrill shriek of the unshriven, who wildly wailed and wept before the shrine. |