distich

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A Newcastle distich relating to Roger Thornton, a wealthy merchant, and a great benefactor to that town.

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

Furnished with the English letters corresponding to these symbols, one may, if sufficiently curious, translate each distich as one finds it.

From A West Country Pilgrimage by Phillpots, Eden

The story which inspired it begins at distich No. 972, and is as follows: An observer of spiritual things approached the sea And said �O sea, why are you blue?

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar

Percy discovered in the old metrical romance of “Sir Bevis of Southampton,” the very distich which Edgar had parodied.—Warton, iii.

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

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)