Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Chiasmus

Chiasmus (ki*az"mus) , noun

[New Latin, from Greek chiasmo`s a placing crosswise, from chia`zein. See Chiasm.]

(Rhetoric) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence
If e'er to bless thy sons My voice or hands deny, These hands let useful skill forsake, This voice in silence die. — Dwight