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Definition of Descant on
1. Verb. Sing a descant on a main tune or melody. "They will descant on the duet"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Descant On
Literary usage of Descant on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lessing's Laokoon by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Albert Hamann (1878)
"... I (in this weak piping time of Peace) Have no delight to pass away the time;
Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity. ..."
2. The Bibliography of Vermont: Or, A List of Books and Pamphlets Relating in by Marcus Davis Gilman (1897)
"Being a descant on the Universal Plan. 1813. 18mo, pp. 18. This poem consists of
131 stanzas, to which is appended the sermon by Rev. ..."
3. Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse by Henry Charles Beeching (1903)
"A descant on THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM JJ Whom my God vouchsafes to keep, TRAPPY
me, O happy sheep ! ..."
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