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Elegiac

adjective
1.
Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
2.
Expressing sorrow often for something past.



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"Elegiac" Quotes from Famous Books



... fifty-four ballads divided into three parts; ballads of romance, ballads historical and legendary, ballads literary and elegiac. Each ballad is told in verse with an explanatory note and there is a general introduction on ballad poetry. Contains: Kinmont Willie, Sir Patrick Spens, ...
— Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours • Various
... I plucked these elegiac blooms, There where he rests 'mid comrades fit and few, And thence I bring this growth of classic tombs, An offering, friend, to you— You who have loved like me his simple themes, Loved his sincere large accent nobly plain, And loved the land whose mountains and whose ...
— The Poems of William Watson • William Watson


Words linked to "Elegiac" :   sorrowful, elegy


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