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NAVIGATE – NEAPOLITAN
A great Neapolitan brig Sailed forth from the bay in full rig To navigate oceans By vigorous motions With sails that were suitably big.
SLENDER – SLIPPERY
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A slender young sailor ran past And shinned up a slippery mast. I said to the skipper: "When I was a nipper, I used to move equally fast!"
LOCH – LOGGER
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A hiker from Hawick cried: "Och! No monsters inhabit this loch!" A logger called Hermann, Who spoke only German, Replied with great emphasis: "Doch!"*
* "Oh yes they do!"
MIRACULOUS – MISLAY
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Suppose that you chance to mislay Your phone as you go on your way. If God intervenes By miraculous means, You'll find it again the next day.
RIVAL – RICKETY
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Two enemies met near a ridge And clashed on a rickety bridge. One earned his survival By killing his rival And storing the corpse in a fridge.
BLOSSOM – BLUEBOTTLE
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I sat where the blossom is pretty In a large verdant park in the city. But a bluebottle fly Approached very nigh, Distracting me, which was a pity.
LAMA – LAMPLIGHTER
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On a dark temple roof, an old lama Surveyed the austere panorama. A lamplighter came And lit a dim flame. It wasn't the stuff of high drama.
TEXTURE – THAW
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The texture of snow tends to vary; At first it is soft, light and airy. A thaw turns it slushy, Then rain makes it mushy. But if it refreezes, be wary!
DUO – DURST
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In the reign of King Edward the First, One village near London was cursed By a duo of knights Who threatened poor wights And bade them engage if they durst.
GONDOLIER – GOSPELS
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There was a devout gondolier, Determined that tourists should hear A chapter or two Of the gospels he knew. His English was faulty, but clear.
SABBATH – SAGACIOUS
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