coronach
Example Sentences
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Oh! set the bridal feast aside, And bear the harp away; The coronach must sound instead, From solemn kirk-yard gray.
From Indian Legends and Other Poems by Horsford, Mary Gardiner
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
Two or three women sate under the gallows, who seemed to be mourning, and singing the coronach of the deceased in a low voice.
From A Legend of Montrose by Scott, Walter, Sir
After every fight will not some mother be crooning the coronach for her dear son?
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
"In the grasses and the bracken," said Gilian, singing it to himself as if it were a coronach.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
