Dirge

(noun.) a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

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• Miss Mills was copying music (I recollect, it was a new song, called 'Affection's Dirge'), and Dora was painting flowers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Pile dirge on dirge; rouse the funereal chords; let the air ring with dire wailing; let wild discord rush on the wings of the wind! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Miss Mills was conversational for a few minutes, and then, laying down her pen upon 'Affection's Dirge', got up, and left the room. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• It was as if the night sang dirges with clenched teeth. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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