Sentence examples for composed verse from inspiring English sources

Anacreon himself, it should be noted, composed verse in a variety of Greek lyric metres.

It's hard to imagine a brutalized convict — even one who has supposedly composed verse — prettifying her affliction so self-consciously.

At Rome he composed verse on the civic festivals of 404 and the capture of Rome by the Visigoths under Alaric in 410.

Very also claimed that he was under the influence of the Holy Spirit and composed verse while in this state.

Al-Zahawi was the leading Iraqi poet of his time in Arabic and Persian, and composed verse additionally in Turkish and Kurdish.

The Yale professor and poet has composed verses for friends at their weddings and for campus events like Phi Beta Kappa ceremonies.

Caedmon later composed verses based on Scripture, which was expounded for him by monks at Streaneshalch (now called Whitby), but only the "Hymn of Creation" survives.

Simon described Uncle Pat to me in an e-mail: "He could play concert piano, and composed verses of the 'Metropolitan Desk Opera,' a never-ending farce of the Times that he would perform at parties, goofing on co-workers and bosses.

In the 7th century bc, the poet Archilochus, said to be the "first" Greek literary satirist, composed verses of such potency against his prospective father-in-law, Lycambes, that Lycambes and his daughter hanged themselves.

In 2006 it was shown that lyrics on Mr. Dylan's No. 1 album "Modern Times" bore a strong resemblance to the poems of Henry Timrod, who composed verses about the Civil War and died in 1867.

Two pagans, Asma bint Marwan of the Aws Manat tribe and Abu Afakk of the 'Amr b. 'Awf tribe, had composed verses taunting and insulting the Muslims.