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The Distich.

In the hexameter rises
  the jet of a wonderful fountain,

Which in a graceful descent
  back as pentameter falls.


Das Distichon.

Im Hexameter steigt
  des Springquells flüssige Säule,

Im Pentameter drauf
  fällt sie melodisch herab.