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LEONINE, adj. Unlike a menagerie lion. Leonine verses are those in whi… — The Devil's Dictionary

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The Devil's Dictionary — Ambrose Bierce

LEONINE, adj. Unlike a menagerie lion. Leonine verses are those in which a word in the middle of a line rhymes with a word at the end, as in this famous passage from Bella Peeler Silcox:

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