The evening was spent in feasting and rejoicing among the relations of the successful warriors; but the sounds of grief and wailing were heard from the hills adjacent to the village -the
lamentations of women who had lost some relative in the foray.
of our
lamentations on the loss of Edward and Augustus and finally of the melancholy Death of my beloved Companion.
She now began to bewail herself in very bitter terms, and floods of tears accompanied her
lamentations; which the lady, her companion, declared she could not blame, but at the same time dissuaded her from indulging; attempting to moderate the grief of her friend by philosophical observations on the many disappointments to which human life is daily subject, which, she said, was a sufficient consideration to fortify our minds against any accidents, how sudden or terrible soever.
When we came to the village on the top of it, where the lord lived, we were surprised with the cries and
lamentations of men that seemed to suffer or apprehend some dreadful calamity; and were told, upon inquiring the cause, that the inhabitants had been persuaded that we were the devil's missionaries, who came to seduce them from the true religion, that foreseeing some of their neighbours would be ruined by the temptation, they were lamenting the misfortune which was coming upon them.
Bonacieux uttered
lamentations enough to break the heart of a tiger.
The
lamentations of Sancho and the niece and housekeeper are omitted here, as well as the new epitaphs upon his tomb; Samson Carrasco, however, put the following lines:
The mutilated and almost undistinguishable bodies were placed in rows upon the ground, in the midst of the assemblage; and the scene of heart-rending anguish and
lamentation that ensued would have confounded those who insist on Indian stoicism.
The words were connected by no regular continuation, but as one ceased another took up the eulogy, or
lamentation, whichever it might be called, and gave vent to her emotions in such language as was suggested by her feelings and the occasion.
Creeping stealthily and keeping well in the cover of other huts, he approached that from which rose the sounds of
lamentation. A fire burned brightly before the doorway as it did before other doorways in the village.
Woodhouse having, as usual, tried to persuade his daughter to stay behind with all her children, was obliged to see the whole party set off, and return to his
lamentations over the destiny of poor Isabella;which poor Isabella, passing her life with those she doated on, full of their merits, blind to their faults, and always innocently busy, might have been a model of right feminine happiness.
This behaviour caused the greatest horror in the town, where nothing was heard but cries and
lamentations. In ne house was a father weeping for the loss of his daughter, in another perhaps a mother trembling for the fate of her child; and instead of the blessings that had formerly been heaped on the Sultan's head, the air was now full of curses.
Some Frogs frequenting the pool heard his
lamentation, and said, "What would you do if you had to live here always as we do, when you make such a fuss about a mere fall into the water?"
Of the Choric part the Parode is the first undivided utterance of the Chorus: the Stasimon is a Choric ode without anapaests or trochaic tetrameters: the Commos is a joint
lamentation of Chorus and actors.
By his side stood a man with a native knife dancing around and singing - all through the place were sounds of wailing and
lamentation, and in front of his hut the King was lying, with an empty bottle by his side, drunk and motionless.
Those who dream of the banquet, wake to
lamentation and sorrow.
