a. [f. VERSE sb.] Lacking verse or poetry; unable to compose verses.
1702. C. Mather, Magnalia Christi Americana, III. 50.
| Sure Verseless he does mean, to’s Grave to go, | |
| And well deserves, that now no Verse can show. |
1738. Gentl. Mag., VIII. 655/1.
| The murm’ring stream so gently gliding on, | |
| And awful solitude did thought inspire; | |
| Verseless myself, I conn’d not blithsom song; | |
| Nor lute had I, nor harp, nor tuneful lyre. |
1881. Morning Journal & Courier (New Haven, CT), 25 Aug., 1/8. Our Wilde æsthete gave the crank of his machine a few revolutions this morning and evolved the following verseless verses: [etc.].
1916. Daily Notes (Canonsburg, PA), 21 Oct., 1/3. He [God] gave us a chapterless and verseless Bible.
