distich
Example Sentences
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In the seven remaining epodes Horace has diversified the measures, while retaining the general character of the distich.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
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 J. O. (James Orchard) Halliwell-Phillipps
These dates are given in the following memorial distich with a frank indifference to quantity and metre— “Vult Crux, Lucia, Cinis, Charismata dia Quod det vota pia quarta sequens feria.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
Somnus ut sit levis, sit tibi cœna brevis, is the ancient axiom of our distich, That your sleep may be light, Let your supper be slight.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
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 J. O. (James Orchard) Halliwell-Phillipps
