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- proper noun Abbreviation of
Lamentations .
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Examples
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I guess it's the last Elegy where he goes off pursuing the Muse through the carnival and then out behind it, pursuing the grief and sorrow, the "Lament."
Steve Silberman's Interview with Robert Hunter from Poetry Flash 2005
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Elaine Feinstein wrote a blunt but optimistic poem called "Port-au-Prince," McGough penned the musical verse "They Came Out Singing," and Gillian Clarke, the National Poet of Wales, wrote the haunting poem "Lament."
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McGough penned the musical verse "They Came Out Singing," and Gillian Clarke wrote the haunting poem "Lament."
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"Out of Obscurity" is a contemporary piece containing varied dynamics and is a sharp contrast to "Lament."
BYU News 2008
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