distich
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For now was the parting-time; But she no other answer would give, Than this distich of mystical rhyme,— Kind Sir, if the truth I must tell, At the sign of the Broken-Skimmer I dwell.
From The Nursery Rhymes of England by Various
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 Eden Phillpots
For now 'twas the parting-time; But she no other answer would give, Than this distich of mystical rhyme,— Kind Sir, if the truth I must tell, At the sign of the Broken-Ladle I dwell.
From The Nursery Rhymes of England by Various
More metrical excellence and sense can be found in the distich: "Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow?" than in any of the products of his brain that he has given us.
From Every-Day Errors of Speech by L. P. Meredith
Every one knows the distich of John Ball, which comprehends the essence of religious democracy: "When Adam delved and Eve span, Where was then the gentleman?"
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
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