At the end of the contest, the audience determined which poet had improvised the most elegant and clever verses and declared him the winner.

He began again, the elegant, formal verse warming to life as he spoke.

It remains unrivaled for its graceful end dignified diction and sweet and elegant verses.

With a sigh of contentment, he transferred the book to his other hand, turned the page, and immersed himself again in Spenser's elegant verse.

It has been the subject of Greek myth and religious worship, of elegant verse and classic paintings.

Vikatanitamba (before the 9th century) was a Sanskrit woman poet, noted for her simple and elegant verse, frequently with erotic elements.

He seems to have acquired a great reputation in his own age for elegant verses.

He expressed his devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary in elegant Latin verse.

His contemporaries held him in great esteem for his elegant Latin verse and his works were reprinted several times during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Both poets wrote florid and elegant verse, and both were viewed as aesthetes.