coronach

Example Sentences

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He caught the hand and fondled it, and still she repeated to herself like a coronach, "Islay, Islay."

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil

The maidens are smiling in rocky Glencoe— The clansmen approach—they have vanquish'd the foe; But sudden the cheeks of the maidens are pale, For the sound of the coronach comes on the gale.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

The separation for which the ewes wailed and their little ones wept, seemed a cruelty; that far-extending lamentation of the flocks was part of some universal coronach for things eternally doomed.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil

Bruce ordered his bards to raise the sad coronach, and the march commenced toward the open tent that canopied the sacred remains.

From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane

The open door will invite them into the sanctuary of peace, and they will croon the coronach of their woe in the holy place.

From The Great Discovery by Maclean, Norman