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Or, comin' back to Omar's style again, It's easy fer to pen a sweet refrain Wiv this 'ere jist a dead-'ead sort o' line, An' this one rhymin' wiv the former twain.

An' though this style me soul 'as often vext, Wiv care an' pains the knack is easy cort: This line's rhymed wiv the first, an' then the next Is cut orf short. An' if yeh want to round it orf orl neat Jist add a couplet 'ere of equil feet.

An' 'ere's a style I've very often done: You swing orf 'ere, an' find a second rhyme, Then hitch the third line to the leadin' one. An' make the fourth lap wiv the second chime, An' then you sort o' come another time, An' jist end up the same as you begun.

It's orl dead easy when yeh know the way, An' 'ave the time to practise it—But, say, Although it sort o' takes the eye, no doubt (An', mind yeh, I'm not sayin' but it may)— Wivout a stock uv rhymes to see you out This style o' rhymin's like to turn yeh grey.