long metre

noun

a stanzaic form consisting of four octosyllabic lines, used esp for hymns

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Words nearby long metre

long leg, long list, long march, long mark, long measure, long metre, long moss, long muscle of head, long muscle of neck, long one, long palmar muscle

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Example sentences from the Web for long metre

It was all done in a flash, and I marvel that I tell its mental processes as if they were a song sung in long-metre time.
The Price of the Prairie|Margaret Hill McCarter
You might as well try to sing a long-metre hymn to "Fisher's Hornpipe," as to undertake to dance to that polka.
The Universal Reciter|Various
Let some one with a strong voice give out the long-metre doxology, and the whole world "Praise God, from whom all blessings flow."
Around The Tea-Table|T. De Witt Talmage
The music of the long-metre doxology was floating through the open windows.
Days Off|Henry Van Dyke

It was the old tune which for many years had closed the session of the State Board, the long-metre doxology.
When Sarah Went to School|Elsie Singmaster