lament for
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And while “Marce Catlett” is in many ways a lament for an “oldfangled” lifestyle that now persists only in stories, it arrives at another of this author’s favorite words.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
Both as a protest song and a lament for human nature, it was a powerful way to end a peerless set.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025
The song is a painful lament for how she used feel about her body and relationships, and it was an instant smash there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
This historical novel is a lament for his continent’s past through the eyes of its first disillusioned dreamer.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
His seventh symphony received its premiere at a Wagner memorial concert in December 1884, its second movement, Adagio, being in the form of a funeral lament for Wagner.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
