His long improvised dirges will ring for ever in my ears.
No long line of troops, no sound of dirges, no trappings of woe, marked the funeral of General Hancock.
Soul-stirring dirges added to the solemn horror of the scene.
The dirges are supremely beautiful, their language simple and direct, but perfect in descriptive touches and in the cadence of the reiterated burden.
Wailing an endless dirge, the dismal notes prolong.
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dirge
Harmonies remain triadic and mostly minor, becomingdirge-like at several points in the score.
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It was a funeraldirgeover the whole of his party's philosophy and programme.
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There is adirgein my heart, in fact!
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All we heard was adirgeof despair and depression about the future.
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The song has ended but thedirgelingers on.
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It seemed to me that his observations were rather in the nature of a funeraldirge.
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It often seems like a rather dismaldirgeunrelieved by any acknowledgement of the dramatic improvements in standards of living even over the last generation.
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That rather triumphant, lyrical song which they sang is rapidly becoming adirge.
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Most of the speeches have sounded like dirges or laments for a dead, or at least dying, industry.
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That is what it is: the deathdirgeof the old system of financing local government.
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It is not true to say that adirgeshould be the appropriate theme song of agriculture in every area in this country.
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Instead, there was adirgeon who would vote for the proposal from the area health authority.
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Is there only adirgeafter that?
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The song is to be sung con spirito (as a triumphant anthem, not as adirge).
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Rows of candles arranged along the floor burn as a bagpiper plays adirge.
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