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Friday, October 11, 2013

Dirge


Dirge

 

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A dirge is a somber song or lament expressing mourning or grief, such as would be appropriate for performance at a funeral. The English word dirge is derived from the Latin Dirige, Domine, Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam ("Direct my way in your sight, O Lord my God"), the first words of the first antiphon in the Matins of the Office for the Dead, created on basis of Ps. 5,9. The original meaning of dirge in English referred to this office.

The entire wiki link can be found at:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirge

A wiki link on the poem (A Dirge)  by Shelly can be found at:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dirge

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