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

I know, for example, one usually enlightened and catholic critic who stubbornly maintains that a very commonplace distich by Lord De Tabley is the most magical moment in all English verse.

From The Book of Susan A Novel by Dodd, Lee Wilson

I myself could have responded to the royal suspiria with one distich.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

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

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Howe, Julia Ward

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)