distich
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Now, this principle of pure rhythm at the end of each strain, is peculiarly impressed upon the hexameter-pentameter distich.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
Hence such sayings as the "Tota jacet Babylon" of the distich.
From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Cardinal Newman
"Yes," she admitted; "I suppose that's how it goes;" and she crooned the distich over, as if singing to herself.
From True and Other Stories by George Parsons Lathrop
When both itch, the above distich expresses the popular belief.
From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by J. O. (James Orchard) Halliwell-Phillipps
More metrical excellence and sense can be found in the distich: "Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow?" than in any of the products of his brain that he has given us.
From Every-Day Errors of Speech by L. P. Meredith
