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alas Adverb unfortunately or regrettably: the answer, alas, is that they cannot get any for the moment interj Old-fashioned an exclamation of grief or alarm [Old French ha las!]
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| alas I we may not have The things we hope to gain; The quiet life may come to me, The rush to Emma Jane! After a while, finding that nothing more happened, she decided on going into the garden at once; but, alas for poor Alice Farewell, farewell, fair Ines, That vessel never bore So fair a lady on its deck, Nor danced so light before,-- Alas for pleasure on the sea, And sorrow on the shorel The smile that blest one lover's heart Has broken many more! |
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