dithyrambic

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When I left the politicians, I went to the poets; tragic, dithyrambic, and all sorts.

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Nor did the times suit his lyrical temperament, which today can express itself in dithyrambic celebrations.

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The 400 members and guests of the Poetry Society of America gave out a dithyrambic cheer of agreement as they presented the society's Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement to Marianne Moore, 79.

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The critics saluted in dithyrambic terms Abe Lincoln in Illinois, a timely and fervent chronicle but not much by way of drama.

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As each triumphal device was passed, children dressed as angels, or muses, were made to sing or recite conceited phrases of dithyrambic flattery to the heroine of the hour.

From The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History by Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp