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elegy |
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elegy [el-lij-ee] Noun pl -gies a mournful poem or song, esp. a lament for the dead [Greek elegos lament]
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We say, for instance, Gray's Elegy, or Shakespeare's Sonnets. It is not my business here to write an elegy upon my wife, give a character of her particular virtues, and make my court to the sex by the flattery of a funeral sermon. |
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