All 3 Uses of
doleful
in
The Aeneid
- This oft repeated, he stood fix'd to die: Myself, my wife, my son, my family, Intreat, pray, beg, and raise a doleful cry'What, will he still persist, on death resolve, And in his ruin all his house involve!'†
Book 2 *
- Both parties meet: they raise a doleful cry; The matrons from the walls with shrieks reply, And their mix'd mourning rends the vaulted sky.†
Book 11
- What doleful clamors from the town arise?†
Book 12
Definition:
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(doleful) expressing or causing sadness