a verse or sentence which runs the same when read either backwards or forwards. Such is the verse,

*Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor.*

Some people of leisure have refined upon the Palindromus, and composed verses, each word of which is the same backwards as forwards; for instance, that of Camden:

*Odo tenet mutum, medidam moppam tenet Anna.* *Anna tenet mappam medidem, mutum tenet Odo.*