- A
lament or
lamentation is a p****ionate
expression of grief,
often in music, poetry, or song form. The
grief is most
often born of regret, or mourning...
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women would improvise.
Usually lamenters were
close relatives,
however sometimes lamenters were hired.
Themes of
laments include the
whole process of the...
- Look up
lament in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
lament is a song, poem, or
piece of
music expressing grief, regret, or mourning.
Lament(s) may also...
- Adam's
Lament is an old
Russian Orthodox lament,
originally sung
during Lent. M****cripts of the
lament date from the
fifteenth to
seventeenth centuries...
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James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an
American singer, songwriter, and poet who was the lead
vocalist and
primary lyricist of...
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Lament for Ying (Chinese: 哀郢; pinyin: Āi Yǐng) is a poem
which has
sometimes been
attributed to
Chinese poet Qu Yuan, and
dated to
around 278 BCE. Lament...
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Lament for a Nation: The
Defeat of
Canadian Nationalism is a 1965
essay of
political philosophy by
Canadian philosopher George Grant. The
essay examined...
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Laments for
Josiah is the term used in
reference to 2
Chronicles 35:25. The p****age reads: "And
Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the
singing men...
- A City
Lament is a
poetic elegy for a lost or
fallen city. This
literary genre, from
around 2000 BCE onwards, was
particularly prevalent in the Mesopotamian...
- Dido's
Lament ("When I am laid in earth") is the
closing aria from the
opera Dido and
Aeneas by
Henry Purcell to a
libretto by
Nahum Tate. It is included...
