Both Uses
lament
in
Pericles's Funeral Oration
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- I will speak first of our ancestors, for it is right and seemly that now, when we are lamenting the dead, a tribute should be paid to their memory.†
*lamenting = expressing grief or regret
- And now, when you have duly lamented, every one his own dead, you may depart.†
lamented = expressed grief or regret
Definitions:
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(lament) to express grief or regret
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Although lament typically refers to a feeling or simple vocal expression, it can refer to a vocal expression as complex as a sad song or poem. It can even refer to sad, but non-vocal music -- as when Tennessee Williams references background music in A Streetcar Named Desire.