distich

Example Sentences

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The man, who was in the midst of his pea-and-thimble process, no sooner heard the last word of the distich, than he turned an alarmed look in the direction of where I stood.

From International Short Stories English 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)

The following distich is used in this game: Higgory, diggory, digg'd, My sow has pigg'd.

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

The rhyme was designed to honour the poet's father, who set the forest here; but accident must have stayed the stone-cutter's hand and left the distich incomplete.

From A West Country Pilgrimage by Phillpots, Eden

The seven sciences of the accomplished gentleman were those so well known, comprised in the scholastic distich.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac