anacreontic
Example Sentences
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No anacreontic thoughts came to me, I assure you, nor any disposition to rhyme in ette, herbette, filette, coudrette.
From The Cross of Berny by Fendall, Florence
He said this to himself as an officer was trolling forth an anacreontic song.
From Commodore Junk by Fenn, George Manville
The only poem of his that still lives is the beautiful little anacreontic beginning "Busy, curious, thirsty Fly."
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
Toast, sentiment, and anacreontic song, succeeded each other at speedy intervals; but there was no speechifying—no politics.
From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison
A flower-stand filled with roses best pleases the majority of women, who cultivate a love of flowers in order to provoke anacreontic and obsolete comparisons from their antiquated admirers.
From The Cross of Berny by Fendall, Florence
