Call it not vain: they do not err Who say that when the poet dies Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies.
Come o'er the eastern hills, and let our winds Kiss thy perfumed garments; let us taste Thy morn and evening breath; scatter thy pearls Upon our lovesick land that mourns for thee.
By choice they made themselves immune To pity and whatever mourns in man Before the last sea and the hapless stars; Whatever mourns when many leave these shores; Whatever shares The eternal reciprocity of tears.
Image of beauty, when my way I go; No single joy or sorrow do I know: Elate for freedom leaps the starry power, The life which passes mourns its wasted hour.
And Erin, once the Great and Free, Now vainly mourns her breakless chain, And iron thrall!
The wood-pigeon mourns his mate, The caged birds bewail Freedom gone; Shall not man mourn over fate?
And Irish Nora's eyes are dim For a singer dumb and gory; And English Mary mourns for him Who sang of "Annie Laurie.
No haughty feat of arms I tell; Soft is the note, and sad the lay, That mourns the lovely Rosabelle.
Oft he seems to hide his face, But unexpectedly returns And to his faithful Champion hath in place Bore witness gloriously; whence Gaza mourns And all that band them to resist His uncontroulable intent.
O sleep, my babe, nor heed how mourns the gale To part with thy soft locks and fragrant breath, As when it deeply sighs O'er autumn's latest bloom.
He not only mourns because he has lost his wife, but he mourns because his little boy is now alone, with no mother; so pity him and give him back his wife.
Now all is ruin, and ruin personified mournsfor him.
Where Falsehood fills the throne, while Truth retires, And vainly mourns her half-extinguish'd fires.
Scholarship mourns the scholar who was struck down when he was hastening to lay his untarnished laurel at the feet of his college.
Senator Bayard always treated the President with affectionate respect, and mourns him deeply.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mourns" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
