/ · 1894 Brewer’s · R · Rhopalic Verse (wedgs-verse)
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A line in which each successive word has more syllables than the one preceding it (Greek, rhopalon, a club, which from the handle to the top grows bigger.)
Rem tibi confeci, doctissime, dulcisonorum,
Spes deus æternæ-est stationis conʹciliator.
Hope ever solaces miserable individuals.
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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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