coronach

Example Sentences

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But when they fell there was none to sing their coronach or wail the death-wail over them. 

From Lay Morals by Stevenson, Robert Louis

But when they fell there was none to sing their coronach 16 or wail the death-wail over them.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis

There more than once in what remained of the night, he woke, fancying he heard the ghost-music sounding its coronach over the dead below.

From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George

He caught the hand and fondled it, and still she repeated to herself like a coronach, "Islay, Islay."

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil

Bruce ordered his bards to raise the sad coronach, and the march commenced toward the open tent that canopied the sacred remains.

From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane