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 touch you off now in short metre.

From Recollections of Bytown and Its Old Inhabitants by Lett, William Pittman

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

But they were conducted by means of that marvel of marvels, the telegraph,—the chief of whose marvels is that it compels even a long- winded generation like ours to speak in very short metre.

From The Brick Moon and Other Stories by Hale, Edward Everett

Thinks I, I don't cleverly know whether that indicates 'walk in,' or 'walk out,' it's plaguy short metre, that's a fact; but I'll see anyhow.

From The Clockmaker Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

He said, No, he could have a large force of infantry to help him there, in very short metre, if there was any sudden emergency.

From The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion by Whitman, Walt