dirge
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On the basis of Everyday - an excoriating, paranoid track built around Death In Vegas's 1999 dance hit Dirge - the new material has been worth the wait.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2025
There’s also a relentless gloominess present in Stranger of Paradise that was in Dirge of Cerberus.
From The Verge • Oct. 4, 2021
Swed checked out some edgier fare too — namely O-Lan Jones’ opera-in-progress “Cynosemma: A Dirge from the Dog’s Tomb” and a new concerto for pipa player by Alan Chan.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2018
The book's title is taken from A Dirge, the mournful poem by Christina Rossetti which is a lament for one who died too young.
From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2013
Is it Bryant, with his "Thanatopsis," or Prentice, with his "Dirge to the Dead Year"?
From Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. by Rhodes, W. H. (William Henry)
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