Meaning of lenvoy | Babel Free

Definitions

An envoi.

Examples

“The First parte of the Mirour on its first appearance, in 1574, included sixteen tragedies and ended with the tragedy of Nennius, after which a conclusion was made in a lenvoy of five stanzas.”

“Ladies! Lenvoy to you that have this prize; I reed ye hold your owne, if you be wise.”

“For at the end of Bk. II. there is a lenvoy, commencing "Rome, remember of thy foundation"; it is one of the best of Lydgate's remarkable lenvoys, rendered pompous and sonorous by the monotony of its rhyme-system, for it has only three rhymes in its 126 lines (133 in Tottel's)!”

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