distich

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This distich alludes to the quantity of old coins found near those places.

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

The distich "Nostra damus," &c. was the playful composition, according to La Monnoye, of the celebrated Genevan reformer Th�odore de B�ze.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 101, October 4, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 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 Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

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

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