distich
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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
Then, in a strange sing-song voice, and still looking steadfastly at my face, she repeated the old distich, which has been popular in the country for many hundreds of years.
From Long Live the King by Guy Boothby
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
The well-known distich on Shakspeare is rather good—it utters with a vigorous turn the general sentiment, the nation's wonder of its own idol.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various
"Yes," she admitted; "I suppose that's how it goes;" and she crooned the distich over, as if singing to herself.
From True and Other Stories by George Parsons Lathrop
