Both Uses of
melancholy
in
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
- Pale birch-girls were tossing their heads, willowwomen pushed back their hair from their brooding faces to gaze on Aslan, the queenly beeches stood still and adored him, shaggy oak-men, lean and melancholy elms, shockheaded hollies (dark themselves, but their wives all bright with berries) and gay rowans, all bowed and rose again, shouting, "Aslan, Aslan!" in their various husky or creaking or wave-like voices.†
Chpt 11
- and their ears were down and their whiskers drooped and their tails dragged in the grass, and their leader piped on his slender pipe a melancholy tune.
Chpt 15 *melancholy = sad
Definition:
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(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad