I had in my collection no fewer than forty-seven monodies and dirges on Stonewall Jackson; some dozens on Ashby and a score on Stuart.
Dirges for the great dead became a popular form, in which the spirit of southern song poured itself out.
In the Harz Mountains, when Carnival is over, a man is laid on a baking-trough and carried with dirges to a grave; but in the grave a glass of brandy is buried instead of the man.
This he carried out of the town, followed by women chanting dirges and expressing by their gestures grief and despair.
For months the Crees wailed their death dirgesas they sought out the bones of their dead.
Three weeks later, when Mukee returned to Lac Bain, he said that Jan had traveled to Churchill like one who had lost his tongue, and that far into the nights he had played lonely dirges upon his violin.
They have departed, we must still remember; Welcome, ye sad, sad dirges of November!
After the body was removed to the chapel it was kept there twelve days, with "Masses and dirges sung and said everyday.
Then shakes his fist above all necks (Whenas the dirges pierce the gloom) And sheds his addling tears of woe.
And doleful dirges rake the gloom, A whisper'd sin sobs at the wrecks; Graven imps clasp papyrus old And rant each Body's deeds of shame.
Beneath the moonlight and the snow Lies dead my latest year; The winter winds are wailing low Its dirges in my ear.
The sweet spring day is glad with music, But through it sounds a sadder strain; The worthiest of our narrowing circle Sings Loring's dirges o'er again.
I to myself, Must I indeed learn to chant the cold dirges of the baffled, And sullen hymns of defeat?
O'ershadowing beautiful autumnal woods And harvest fields with hoarded increase brown, And deep-toned majesty of golden floods, That raise their solemn dirges to the sky, To swell the purple pomp that floateth by.
The world over, dirges and funeral-laments have received their poetical form from the mother.
To the dirges wailing by On the willing breeze, How they swell and sob and die, Over such as these.
Dirges were sung by the wailing women to the accompaniment of musical instruments; offerings were made to the dead, and it is plausible to assume that visits were paid to the graves.
In the Babylonian dirges, it would seem, the references to the virtues of the deceased (which are prominently introduced into the dirges of the present day) were few.
It would appear that at this early period persons were engaged, as is the case to this day in the Orient, to sing dirges in memory of the dead.
In Egypt at present the tambourine is used to accompany the dirges (Lane, ib.
The accompaniment of musical instruments to the dirges also appears to be a very old custom in Babylonia.
The grave is as dark as Aralû; the funeral rites consist ofdirges that lament not so much the loss sustained by the living as the sad fate in store for the dead.
All through the dragging night in the small gloomy chamber the prayers and dirges for the dying went on.
It was Christmas Day, but all rejoicing turned to sorrow, and dirges took the place of Te Deums.
Within the fortress sounded the roll of the muffled drums, and it was also possible to distinguish the dirges of the imams.
The imams raised him on their shoulders, and, amidst the melancholy dirges of the mourners and the muffled roll of the drums, they carried him away to his open tomb, for his grave was already dug.
Latin dirges were chanted, and eight mitred bishops sang a requiem to the monarch lately deceased.
At evensong they again attended, and heard dirges chanted for deceased members.
How tenderly those ditties roll, And to the dirges in my soul The happy notes of gladness bring!
Though the bosom be dark with the dirges of sadness And solitudes gather so heavy and lone, There shall float from the musical meadows of gladness The ravishing measures that banish each groan.
Enchanted choirs of baby years, Sweet dirges from the cradle's keys, The glories of your harmonies Impel my secret soul to tears!
Go, bring the harp that once with dirges thrilled, But now hangs hushed in leaden slumbers, Save when the faltering hand untimely chilled Steals o'er its chords in broken numbers.
But never bride came to that dark abode, For wild flames swept it ere a month was gone, And nothing spared but that forlorn old tower Whereon the invisible fingers of the wind Its fitful and mysterious dirges play.
This shattered tower, with crenellated top And loops for archers, alone marks the spot, Looming forlornly--a gigantic harp Whereon the invisible fingers of the wind Its fitful and mysterious dirges play.
Some of the most effective poetry in the Bible are the cries of David in the Psalms and the dirges in Lamentations.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dirges" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
