Rhopalʹic Verse (wedgs-verse)
. A line in which each successive word has more syllables than the one preceding it (Greek, rhopalon, a club, which from the handle to the top grows bigger.)
Rem tibi confeci, doctissime, dulcisonorum,
Spes deus æternæ-est stationis conʹciliator.
Hope ever solaces miserable individuals.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.