Word: lamentation
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...fame our friend Newell, William H. Manning who met his death under similar conditions with true Christian heroism, Edward T. Cabot, Samuel Dexter and Alward, that we ought to rejoice and be thankful that they were with us and that their lives were what they were, rather than to lament that their lives were not as long as we would have wished...
...While we lament his untimely death, we can but say that death came to him in a fair hour. His memory will remain as that of the youthful patriot in time of peace, inspired throughout his life by the voice of duty...
...Rich, '96, "The Lament of Oedipus," Sophocles...
...noble relation between David and Jonathan, and especially on the difficult position held by the son of Saul, between loyalty to his father and eager devotion to his friend. The whole Bible story of David and Jonathan was briefly retold and followed with the reading of the psalmist's lament, "How are the mighty fallen...
...Song," by Philip Henry Savage, might better have been called a "Lament." It is, however, not particularly noteworthy. The meaning of what he has to say may have been crystal clear to the author, but to the uninitiated reader it is vague and involved...