Noun
A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTravel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age. José Rizal
It would have been better if you had died and Gershwin had written the elegy. Oscar Levant
I will not give you an elegy - words to stir your hearts as our beloved Gaelic slowly fades away. And I will not be prescribing palliative care. Alex Salmond
Among them pert-faced Elegy draws near. Statius
To me, elegy suggests that there is hope, and in some respects you've moved past the loss and are able to deal with it and to write about it. Jacqueline Woodson
When I was from Cupid's passions free, my Muse was mute and wrote no elegy. Ovid