threnody

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He also begins dating a poetess known as Threnody, who is an expert in the arts of publicity.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2012

Emerson's "Threnody" shows that he has known the shadow; but he has fought with no Apollyons, reached the Celestial City without crossing the dark river, and won the immortal garland "without the dust and heat."

From Thomas Carlyle by Nichol, John

The beautiful "Threnody" on the death of his boy, reveals the sorrow of a soaring mind rather than the grief of a crushed heart.

From Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks

Lycidas, the Mrs. Anne Killigrew, the Intimations, and Emerson’s Threnody, considered merely for their versification, fulfil their laws so perfectly that they certainly move without checks as without haste. 

From The Rhythm of Life by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson

Emerson's Waldo, for whom Threnody was written was an especial favorite; then "Pickie," Mr. Greeley's beautiful boy, and now a new joy had come into her heart, a child of her own.

From Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Bolton, Sarah Knowles