distich

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Various have been the remedial means proposed in this terrific malady, and preservatives against it have been recorded in the following distich: Hæc tria labificum tollunt adverbia pestem; Mox, longè, tardè,—cede, recede, redi.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

FitzGerald's verse was evidently also influenced by distich 1866 of the Mantik ut-tair.

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar

This distich is said by a boy who feels very lazy, yet wishes to exert himself.

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

I recall from one of these a distich of some merit.

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Howe, Julia Ward

Hence such sayings as the "Tota jacet Babylon" of the distich.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal