elegies

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elegies - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Elegy \El"e*gy\, n.; pl. Elegies. [L. elegia, Gr. ?, fem.
     sing. (cf. ?, prop., neut. pl. of ? a distich in elegiac
     verse), fr. ? elegiac, fr. ? a song of mourning.]
     A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of
     lamentation. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]