I can still remember reading the opening quatrain of The Death of the Bird for the first time. [noun]
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I will not belabor the relevant quatrain interpretations here that are in my book. [noun]
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The parodist who wrote the following newspaper quatrain was no enemy of the automobile in spite of his cynicism. [noun]
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Mame Hucheloup, a good likeness, went and came from morning till night before this quatrain with the most perfect tranquillity. [noun]
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Firdousi accepted the challenge, and the three poets having previously agreed upon three rhyming words to which a fourth could not be found in the Persian language, 'Ansari began "Thy beauty eclipses the light of the sun"; Farrakhi added "The rose with thy cheek would comparison shun"; 'Asjadi continued "Thy glances pierce through the mailed warrior's johsun"; 1 and Firdousi, without a moment's hesitation, completed the quatrain "Like the lance of fierce Giv in his fight with Poshun." [Please select]
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His passenger, to whom the old schoolbook quatrain was entirely unknown, wondered what on earth the man was talking about. [Please select]
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During the first and second quatrain, sung decidedly _forte_, no can was filled: "Here's a health unto our master, The founder of the feast; Here's a health unto our master And to our mistress." [Please select]
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But now, immediately before the third quatrain or chorus, sung _fortissimo_, with emphatic raps on the table, which gave the effect of cymbals and drum together. [Please select]
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In the _Elegy_ the quatrain has not the somewhat disjunctive and isolating effect that it has in some other works where there is continuous argument or narrative that should run on with as few metrical hindrances as possible. [Please select]
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