threnody
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threnody
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
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Threnody
A song of lamentation; a threnode.
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threnody
A song of lamentation; a dirge; especially, a poem composed for the occasion of the funeral of some personage.
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Threnody
thren′ō-di an ode or song of lamentation
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Gr. ; a dirge + a song. See Threne, and Ode
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Gr. thrēnōdia—thrēnos, a lament, ōdē, a song.
Everything Quieter Than Everything Else Like a lot of so-called "new music" records in the marketplace these days, the packaging of the Threnody Ensemble's first album, Timbre Hollow, is a subdued and tasteful affair. sfweekly.com
I never hated any piece of music as I came to hate that threnody of treason. "Andersonville, complete" by
Words from Swinburne's threnody on Baudelaire came to her mind. "The Judgment House" by
I never hated any piece of music as I came to hate that threnody of treason. "Andersonville, Volume 3" by
The wind wails its threnody for Fumat. "The New Book Of Martyrs" by
The subject of the threnody is a nymph of the name of Dido, whose identity can only be vaguely conjectured. "Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama" by
Life in these catacombs was one long threnody of anguish. "Leaves from a Field Note-Book" by
No ode or threnody could equal in vibrating passion Captain Scott's last testament. "Some Diversions of a Man of Letters" by
Is there any threnody over a death half so unutterably sad as that one jest over a life? "Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida" by
It is the threnody of the oratorio. "ZigZag Journeys in Northern Lands;" by
From below a new sound had been added to the threnody of the hills; a new note, grumbling and roaring, insistent and strong. "The Plunderer" by
The foam waves of a distant sea
That muttered all the summer through
A low sweet threnody.
And fills the earth and sky,
Like some wild threnody for men
To sing before they die.