epithalamiums
- plural of epithalamium.
Example Sentences
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This nuptial hymn has been the model of many epithalamiums, particularly that of Jason and Creusa, sung by the chorus in Seneca’s Medea, and of Honorius and Maria, in Claudian.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
We come now to the three celebrated epithalamiums of Catullus.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
Thinke yee St. Augustine would have steyned his graver learning with a booke of Poetry, had he fancied its dearest end to be the vanity of love-sonnets and epithalamiums?
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Come, let me have the Sea-Fight; I like that better than a thousand of your wanton epithalamiums.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir
What brick and mortar idylls, what romances au cinquième, what joyous epithalamiums, what gay improvident ménages, what kisses, what laughter, what tears, what lightly-spoken and lightly-broken vows those old walls could have told of!
From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
