See also:

• ACROSTIC (Gr. aKpos, at the end, and arixos, line or verse)

ACROSTIC (Gr. aKpos, at the end, and arixos, See also:

• LINE

line or See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse)  , a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition, so constructed that the initial letters of the lines, taken consecutively, See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form words . The See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy for See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing acrostics is of See also:

• GREAT

great antiquity, having been See also:

• COMMON

common among the Greeks of the Alexandrine See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, as well as with the Latin writers since See also:

• ENNIUS, QUINTUS (239-170 B.c.)

Ennius and See also:

• PLAUTUS, TITUS MACCIUS (originally perhaps MACCUS; cf. Asin. Prol. 11)

Plautus, many of the arguments of whose plays were written with acrostics on their respective titles . One of the most remarkable acrostics was contained in the verses cited by Lactantius and See also:

• EUSEBIUS
• EUSEBIUS (Gr. EuOi/3tos, from ebaegils, pious, cf. the Latin name Pius)
• EUSEBIUS [OF CAESAREA] (c. 260-c. 340)
• EUSEBIUS [OF EMESA] (d. c. "36o)

Eusebius in the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and attributed to the Erythraean sibyl, the initial letters of which form the words 'IriroE c Xptvrbs See also:

• AEON

Aeon vibs o-wrilp: " Jesus See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ, the Son of See also:

• GOD

God, the Saviour." The See also:

• INITIALS (Lat. initialis, of or belonging to a beginning, initium)

initials of the shorter form of this again make up the word ixObs (See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish), to which a mystical meaning has been attached (See also:

• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (354-430)
• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (d. c.613)

Augustine, De Civitate Dei, 18, 23), thus constituting another See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• ACROSTIC (Gr. aKpos, at the end, and arixos, line or verse)

acrostic . The monks of the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages, who wrote in Latin, were fond of acrostics, as well as the poets of the Middle High See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German period, notably Gottfried of See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg and See also:

• RUDOLPH
• RUDOLPH (d. 1o8o)
• RUDOLPH, or RAOUL

Rudolph of See also:

• EMS

Ems . The great poets of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

renaissance, among them See also:

• BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI (1313-1375)

Boccaccio, indulged in them, as did also the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Slavic writers . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• DAVIES (DAvIslus), JOHN (1679-1732)
• DAVIES, DAVID CHARLES (1826-1891)
• DAVIES, RICHARD (c. 1505—1581)
• DAVIES, SIR JOHN (1569-1626)
• DAVIES, SIR LOUIS HENRY (1845— )

Davies (1569–1626) wrote twenty-six elegant See also:

• HYMNS

Hymns to See also:

• ASTRAEA

Astraea, each an acrostic on " Elisabetha See also:

• REGINA

Regina "; and See also:

• MISTRESS

Mistress See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary Fage, in Fame's Roule, 1637, commemorated 420 celebrities of her See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in acrostic verses . The same See also:

• TRICK

trick of composition is often to be met with in the writings of more See also:

• RECENT

recent versifiers . Sometimes the lines are so combined that the final letters as well as the initials are significant . See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

Edgar See also:

• ALLAN, DAVID (1744–1796)
• ALLAN, SIR HUGH (1810–1882)
• ALLAN, SIR WILLIAM (1782–1850)

Allan See also:

• POE, EDGAR ALLAN (18og-1849)

Poe worked two names—one of them that of Frances See also:

• SARGENT, JOHN SINGER (1856– )

Sargent Osgood—into verses in such a way that the letters of the names corresponded to the first See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter of the first See also:

• LINE

line, the second letter of the second, the third letter of the third, and so on . Acrostic verse has always been held in slight estimation from a See also:

• LITERARY

literary standpoint . Dr See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• BUTLER
• BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
• BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
• BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
• BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
• BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
• BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
• BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
• BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
• BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
• BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)

Butler says, in his "See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

Character of a Small Poet," " He uses to See also:

• LAY

lay the outsides of his verses even, like a bricklayer, by a line of See also:

• RHYME

rhyme and acrostic, and fill the middle with rubbish." See also:

• ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719)

Addison (Spectator, No . 6o) found it impossible to decide whether the inventor of the See also:

• ANAGRAM (Gr. ava, back, and ypa(beiv, to write)

anagram or the acrostic were the greater blockhead; and, in describing the latter, says, " I have seen some of them where the verses have not only been edged by a name at each extremity, but have had the same name See also:

• RUNNING

running down like a seam through the middle of the poem." And See also:

• DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700)

Dryden, in .

Mac See also:

• FLECKNOE, RICHARD (c. 1600-1678?)

Flecknoe, scornfully assigned See also:

• SHADWELL, THOMAS (c. 1642-1692)

Shadwell the See also:

• RULE

rule of Some peaceful See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province in acrostic See also:

• LAND

land . The name acrostic is also applied to alphabetical or " abecedarian " verses . Of these we have instances in the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew See also:

• PSALMS, BOOK
• PSALMS, BOOK OF, or PSALTER

psalms (e.g . Ps. See also:

• XXV

xxv. and xxxiv.), where successive verses begin with the letters of the See also:

• ALPHABET (see also WRITING)

alphabet in their See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order . The structure of Ps. cxix. is still more elaborate, each of the verses of each of the twenty-two parts commencing with the letter which stands at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• PART

part in our See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation . At one period much religious verse was written in a form imitative of this alphabetical method, possibly as an aid to the memory . The See also:

• TERM

term acrostic is also applied to the formation of words from the initial letters of other words . 'Ix %s, referred to above, is an See also:

• ILLUSTRATION

illustration of this . So also is the word " See also:

• CABAL (through the Fr. cabale from the Cabbala or Kabbalah, the theosophical interpretation of the Hebrew scriptures)

Cabal," which, though it was in use before, with a similar meaning, has, from the time of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II., been associated with a particular See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry, from the See also:

• ACCIDENT
• ACCIDENT (from Lat. accidere, to happen)

accident of its being composed of See also:

• CLIFFORD
• CLIFFORD, JOHN (1836- )
• CLIFFORD, WILLIAM KINGDON (1845-1879)

Clifford, See also:

• ASHLEY, WILLIAM JAMES (186o- )

Ashley, See also:

• BUCKINGHAM
• BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
• BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
• BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)

Buckingham, See also:

• ARLINGTON
• ARLINGTON, HENRY BENNET, EARL OF (1618-1685)

Arlington and See also:

• LAUDERDALE, JOHN MAITLAND, DUKE OF (1616–1682)

Lauderdale . Akin to this are the names by which the See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews designated their Rabbis; thus See also:

• RABBI

Rabbi See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

ben See also:

• MAIMON, SALOMON (1754—1800)

Maimon (better known as See also:

• MAIMONIDES

Maimonides) was styled " Rambam," from the initials R.M.B.M.; Rabbi See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David Kimchi (R.D.K.), " Radak," &c . See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

Double acrostics are such as are so constructed, that not only initial letters of the lines, but also the middle or last letters, form words . For example: 1 .

By See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo was my first made . 2 . A shoemaker's See also:

• TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool . 3 . An Italian patriot . 4 . A tropical See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit . The initials and finals, read downwards, give the name of a writer and his non; de plume . See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

Answer: See also:

• LAMB (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Lamm)
• LAMB, CHARLES (1775–1834)

Lamb, Elia . I . L yr E 2 . A w L 3 .

M azzin I 4 .