anacreontic

Example Sentences

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He said this to himself as an officer was trolling forth an anacreontic song.

From Commodore Junk by Fenn, George Manville

Here he lay in the grass, composed and sang his anacreontic songs, and here, in the summer-time, his annual festival is held.

From Pictures of Sweden by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

A flower-stand filled with roses best pleases the majority of women, who cultivate a love of flowers in order to provoke anacreontic and obsolete comparisons from their antiquated admirers.

From The Cross of Berny by Fendall, Florence

Toast, sentiment, and anacreontic song, succeeded each other at speedy intervals; but there was no speechifying—no politics.

From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison

The only poem of his that still lives is the beautiful little anacreontic beginning "Busy, curious, thirsty Fly."

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)