anacreontic

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He said this to himself as an officer was trolling forth an anacreontic song.

From Commodore Junk by Fenn, George Manville

With equal acuteness and adaptation to character, he dedicated the poems to the Prince of Wales, an anacreontic hero.

From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry

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)

Here he lay in the grass, composed and sang his anacreontic songs, and here, in the summer-time, his annual festival is held.

From Pictures of Sweden by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

The peculiar verse of Skelton, styled skeltonical, is a sort of English anacreontic.

From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry