anacreontic

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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)

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

Here he lay in the grass, composed and sang his anacreontic songs, and here, in the summer-time, his annual festival is held.

From Pictures of Sweden by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

No anacreontic thoughts came to me, I assure you, nor any disposition to rhyme in ette, herbette, filette, coudrette.

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)