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or Asclepiadic Metre. A Greek and Latin verse, so called from Asclepiʹadēs, the inventor. Each line is divided into two parts, thus:—
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The first ode of Horace is Asclepiʹadic. The first and last two lines run thus, and in the same metre:—
Dear friend, patron of song, sprung from the race of kings;
Thy name ever a grace and a protection brings, … .
My name, if to the lyre haply you chance to wed,
Pride would high as the stars lift my exalted head.
E. C. B.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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