1.movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.2.Music.a.the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak...
The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep...