Both Uses of
lament
in
Moby Dick
- With loud lament the parents saw their child borne out of sight over the wide waters.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- It was but some few days after encountering the Frenchman, that a most significant event befell the most insignificant of the Pequod's crew; an event most lamentable; and which ended in providing the sometimes madly merry and predestinated craft with a living and ever accompanying prophecy of whatever shattered sequel might prove her own.†
Chpt 91-93
Definition:
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(lament) to express grief or regret