Section II Of Number and Person
Verbs have two numbers, the Singular and the Plural: as, “I fiddle, we fiddle,” &c.
In each number there are three persons; as,
| SINGULAR. | PLURAL. | |
| First Person | I love | We love. |
| Second Person Thou lovest | Ye or you love. | |
| Third Person | He loves | They love. |
What a deal there is in every Grammar about love! Here the following Lines, by a Young Lady, (now no more,) addressed to Lindley Murray, deserves to be recorded:—
“Oh, Murray! fatal name to me,
Thy burning page with tears is wet;
Since first ‘to love’ I learned of thee,
Teach me, ah! teach me to forget!’”