All 15 Uses of
lament
in
Dante's Inferno -- translated by Cary
- Here sighs with lamentations and loud moans Resounded through the air pierc'd by no star, That e'en I wept at entering.†
Canto 1.1-11
- what doth aggrieve them thus, That they lament so loud?
Canto 1.1-11 *lament = express grief or regret
- For certain on the brink I found me of the lamentable vale, The dread abyss, that joins a thund'rous sound Of plaints innumerable.†
Canto 1.1-11
- When they arrive before the ruinous sweep, There shrieks are heard, there lamentations, moans, And blasphemies 'gainst the good Power in heaven.†
Canto 1.1-11
- Here ceas'd the lamentable sound; And I continu'd thus: "Still would I learn More from thee, farther parley still entreat.†
Canto 1.1-11
- But on mine ear Sudden a sound of lamentation smote, Whereat mine eye unbarr'd I sent abroad.†
Canto 1.1-11
- Their lids all hung suspended, and beneath From them forth issu'd lamentable moans, Such as the sad and tortur'd well might raise.†
Canto 1.1-11
- When o'er it he had paus'd, my master spake: "Say who wast thou, that at so many points Breath'st out with blood thy lamentable speech?"†
Canto 1.12-22
- Barbariccia, as the rest, That chance lamenting, four in flight dispatch'd From the' other coast, with all their weapons arm'd.†
Canto 1.12-22
- These in the flame with ceaseless groans deplore The ambush of the horse, that open'd wide A portal for that goodly seed to pass, Which sow'd imperial Rome; nor less the guile Lament they, whence of her Achilles 'reft Deidamia yet in death complains.†
Canto 1.23-22
- Soon as we came O'er the last cloister in the dismal rounds Of Malebolge, and the brotherhood Were to our view expos'd, then many a dart Of sore lament assail'd me, headed all With points of thrilling pity, that I clos'd Both ears against the volley with mine hands.†
Canto 1.23-22
- But long ere our approaching heard Noise, other, than the sound of dance or song Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. v. 50. a puissant one.†
Canto 1.N
- Whom piteously I heard lament and wail;†
Canto 1.N
- Sorely lamenting for my folly past,†
Canto 1.N
- Whoso laments, that we must doff this garb†
Canto 1.N
Definition:
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(lament) to express grief or regret