long metre
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They were in long metre, and "Old Hundred" would have fitted them grandly.
From Around The Tea-Table by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
Passers-by were equally curious as to her, but a broken lyre gives forth no music, and her heart responded not with any more long metre hymns.
From The Fiend's Delight by Bierce, Ambrose
Of the few suitable six-line long metre part songs, the charming Russian tone-poem of “St. Petersburg” by Dimitri Bortniansky is borrowed for the hymn in some collections, and with excellent effect.
From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron
He was in one of the country pulpits, and had just announced the second hymn, which was a long metre.
From Little Abe Or, The Bishop of Berry Brow by Jewell, F.
He tried it this time, but went off on a long metre tune.
From The Lights and Shadows of Real Life by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
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