distich
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Over the door of her sleeping-room she inscribed the distich which Virgil has put into the mouth of Dido.
From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
Hence such sayings as the "Tota jacet Babylon" of the distich.
From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Cardinal Newman
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 Isaac Disraeli
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
Now, this principle of pure rhythm at the end of each strain, is peculiarly impressed upon the hexameter-pentameter distich.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
