Isaac, even when he was young, was good at and liked rhyming. He was a good student and liked books. Once, when his mother said she would give a farthing (a coin) to one of her husband's students who could make the best rhyme, Isaac tried and made this couplet:
aɪ s ə k WORD_BOUNDARY iː v ə n WORD_BOUNDARY w ɛ n WORD_BOUNDARY h iː WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY j ʌ ŋ WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY ɡ ʊ d WORD_BOUNDARY æ t WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY l aɪ k t WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ aɪ m ɪ ŋ WORD_BOUNDARY h iː WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY ɡ ʊ d WORD_BOUNDARY s t uː d ə n t WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY l aɪ k t WORD_BOUNDARY b ʊ k s WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n s WORD_BOUNDARY w ɛ n WORD_BOUNDARY h ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY m ʌ ð ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY s ɛ d WORD_BOUNDARY ʃ iː WORD_BOUNDARY w ʊ d WORD_BOUNDARY ɡ ɪ v WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY f ɑ ɹ θ ɪ ŋ WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY k ɔɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY t ə WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY h ɜː WORD_BOUNDARY h ʌ s b ə n d z WORD_BOUNDARY s t uː d ə n t s WORD_BOUNDARY h uː WORD_BOUNDARY k ʊ d WORD_BOUNDARY m eɪ k WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY b ɛ s t WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ aɪ m WORD_BOUNDARY aɪ s ə k WORD_BOUNDARY t ɹ aɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY m eɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɪ s WORD_BOUNDARY k ʌ p l ɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY