distich

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March winds are proverbial, and the following distich is not uncommon in Yorkshire: March winds and April showers, Bring forth May flowers.

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

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)

In the model distich quoted by Coleridge— "In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column, In the pentameter still falling in melody back;" the pentameter is a better verse than the hexameter.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various

The man, who was in the midst of his pea-and-thimble process, no sooner heard the last word of the distich, than he turned an alarmed look in the direction of where I stood.

From International Short Stories English by Various

The seven sciences of the accomplished gentleman were those so well known, comprised in the scholastic distich.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac