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Meanings of write a distich in English

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Usage of write a distich in English
1
Ælian notices an artist who wrote a distich in letters of gold, which he enclosed in the rind of a grain of corn.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
2
Savage, however, remarked that he began a little to relax his dignity when he wrote a distich for "his Highness's dog."
Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope
3
Having written a distich, in which he compared Augustus to Jupiter, he placed it in the night-time over the gate of the emperor's palace.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 02: Augustus