elegies in English

noun
1
a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
Addison was buried in Westminster Abbey, and lamented in an elegy by Tickell.
synonyms:lamentrequiemthrenodydirgeplaintkeen
2
(in Greek and Roman poetry) a poem written in elegiac couplets, as notably by Catullus and Propertius.
Originally, the Greek elegy expressed grief; but the form broadened widely with Latin adaptations, such as Ovid's love elegies, Amores, to include almost any kind of subject.
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1. Not Forgotten: Elegies For, and Reminiscences Of, a Diverse Cast of Characters, Most of Them Admirable

2. The well known contemporary composers Apostolos Kaldaras and Stamatis Spanoudakis have written elegies for the Marble King.

3. Not Forgotten: Elegies For, and Reminiscences Of, a Diverse Cast of Characters, Most of Them Admirable [Weigel, George] on Amazon.com

4. And so the staff is a captive audience for their manager's jazz-band gigs, elegies over his approach shot to the 17th green, or any other Avocation mistaken as part of the vocation.

5. And so the staff is a captive audience for their manager's jazz-band gigs, elegies over his approach shot to the 17th green, or any other avocation mistaken as part of the vocation.

6. Menalcas Apostrophizes Daphnis with a promise: "Always your honor, name and praises will endure." Ensuring poetic fame is a fundamental interest of the shepherds in classical pastoral elegies, including the speaker in Milton's "Lycidas"