distich

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In the model distich quoted by Coleridge— "In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column, In the pentameter still falling in melody back;" the pentameter is a better verse than the hexameter.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various

The well-known distich on Shakspeare is rather good—it utters with a vigorous turn the general sentiment, the nation's wonder of its own idol.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various

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

March winds are proverbial, and the following distich is not uncommon in Yorkshire: March winds and April showers, Bring forth May flowers.

From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)

"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 Lathrop, George Parsons