And in this boke were writen fables That clerkes hadde, in olde tyme, And other poets, put in ryme To rede, and for to be in minde 55 Whyl men loved the lawe of kinde.
For a rymer that will be tyed to no rules at all, but range as he list, may easily vtter what he will: but such maner of Poesie is called in our vulgar, ryme dogrell, with which rebuke we will in no case our maker should be touched.
For many it ere that strange Inglis In ryme wate never what it is, And bot þai wist what it mente Ellis me thoght it were alle shente.
His attack on the customary English rimed verse was answered by the poet laureate, Samuel Daniel, who published in the same year (1602) his Defence of Ryme against a Pamphlet entituled Observations in the Art of English Poesie.
Wherein is demonstratively prooved that Ryme is the fittest harmonie of words that comports with our Language.
The firste twelve do ryme in staves of foure lines by crosse meetre, and the last two ryming togither do conclude the whole.
But farther more--and lower to descend Forgive me, Virgil, if I thee offend Pardon thy scolar, suffer him to ryme Since thou wast but ane mortal man sometime.
Sidenote: or metaphorically, or to help out the ryme it may mean grass.
Forage is old and hard provision made for horses and cattle in winter, or metaphorically, or to help out the ryme it may mean grass.
The first twelve to ryme in staves of foure lynes by cross metre and the last two ryming togither, do conclude the whole.
Of the frere that prechyd in ryme expownynge the ave maria.
Gif I had nocht bene to a boundis constrenyt, Of my bad wyt perchance I couth haue fenyt In ryme a ragment twys als curyus, Bot nocht be twenty part so sentencyus.
I ne had English, ryme or prose, Suffisant this flour to preyse aright!
And ye, me to endyte and ryme 520 Helpeth, that on Parnaso dwelle By Elicon the clere welle.
At any rate, Ryme Intrinsica looks scarcely the place to be dolled out in so classical a style.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ryme" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
