short metre

British  

noun

1. a stanza form, used esp for hymns, consisting of four lines, the third of which has eight syllables, while the rest have six

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Example Sentences

I'll show you what can be done in short metre.

From Driven Back to Eden by Roe, Edward Payson

Gladstone, as short metre, two lines at a time.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John

"No, he didn't," broke in Adams, "or he would have stopped it short metre; but I guess be saw you pitching into the pump which you did uncommonly strong—and of course be smelt mischief directly."

From The Story of a Bad Boy by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

But I wish you would suggest to mother the propriety of sending me another box; the last we finished in short metre.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Short sermons, short prayers, short hymns, and short metre are peculiarly interesting.

From Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various