distich
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Percy discovered in the old metrical romance of “Sir Bevis of Southampton,” the very distich which Edgar had parodied.—Warton, iii.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
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 J. O. (James Orchard) Halliwell-Phillipps
FitzGerald's verse was evidently also influenced by distich 1866 of the Mantik ut-tair.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam
He is again mentioned by Meres for his distich on king James's Furies & Lepanto. fol.
From A History of English Poetry: an Unpublished Continuation by Thomas Warton
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
