anacreontic

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With equal acuteness and adaptation to character, he dedicated the poems to the Prince of Wales, an anacreontic hero.

From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry

He said this to himself as an officer was trolling forth an anacreontic song.

From Commodore Junk by Fenn, George Manville

A flower-stand filled with roses best pleases the majority of women, who cultivate a love of flowers in order to provoke anacreontic and obsolete comparisons from their antiquated admirers.

From The Cross of Berny by Fendall, Florence

His sideboard is still here, his heavy table remains in the middle of the room, and the famous skull, mounted as a drinking-cup and inscribed with the familiar anacreontic, is carefully preserved.

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

The only poem of his that still lives is the beautiful little anacreontic beginning "Busy, curious, thirsty Fly."

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)