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of imperfect rhyme I have ever employed,—are the counterpart of assonances in which the vowels correspond, but not the consonants. They have, it seems to me, their precise equivalent in minor harmonies, and relieve the ear in a long composition no less than they.
And so I take leave of "Mirèo," my constant and always lovable companion of last summer and autumn, and resign her to the public.
HARRIET W. PRESTON.
Danvers, Feb. 27, 1872.
