E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
C.
There is more than one poem written of which every word begins with C. For example:
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(1) One composed by HUEBALD in honour of Charles le Chauve. It is in Latin hexameters and runs to somewhat more than a hundred lines, the last two of which are
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“Conveniet claras claustris componere cannas
Completur clarus carmen cantabile CALVIS.”
(2) One by HAMCONIUS, called “Certamen catholicum cum Calvinistis.”
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(3) One by HENRY HARDER, of 100 lines in Latin, on “Cats,” entitled: “Canum cum Catis certamen carmine compositum currente calamo C. Catulli Caninii.” The first line is—
