Who but Landor could have written the faultless and pathetic quatrain? I strove with none, for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art; I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart (Edmund C. Stedman).
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quatrain — quat|rain [ˈkwɔtreın US ˈkwa: ] n technical [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: quatre four , from Latin quattuor] a group of four lines in a poem … Dictionary of contemporary English
quatrain — quat|rain [ kwa,treın ] noun count TECHNICAL a group of four lines in a poem … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
quatrain — quat•rain [[t]ˈkwɒ treɪn[/t]] n. pro a stanza or poem of four lines, usu. with alternate rhymes • Etymology: 1575–85; < F, =quatre four (< L quattuor) + ain < L ānus an I … From formal English to slang
Quatrain — Qua|train auch: Quat|rain 〈[katrɛ̃:] n. od. m.; s, s od. en [ trɛ̃:nən]〉 1. 〈Lit.〉 vierzeiliges Gedicht 2. = Quartett (3) [frz.] * * * Qua|t|rain [ka trɛ̃:], das od. der; s, s od. en [ka trɛ:nən] [frz. quatrain, zu: quatre = vier < lat.… … Universal-Lexikon
Quatrain — Quat rain, n. [F., fr. quatre four, L. quattuor, quatuor. See {Four}.] (Pros.) A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quatrain — Qua|train auch: Quat|rain 〈[katrɛ̃:] n. od. m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s od. en [ trɛ̃:nən]〉 1. vierzeiliges Gedicht 2. = Quartett (4) [Etym.: frz.] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
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