"you may be familiar with the name...dirge..."
eveser's eyes shot open!
Character Development, Cobra, Dragon, Dragoness, Evil, Lizard, Off-Camera, Plot Development, Suggestive, Tiger, Vixen, caught
This is based on an ancient folk song called the 'lyke wake dirge'.
in the world of itsom it is one of the ritual chants of the pagans of the amble valley - a call and response chant. father francis will have to face this down later on.
Anthro, Clean, Poetry, Sacrifice, fur, song
Donovan had heard the dirge that the stranger was playing back when his grandfather died. it was a song written for surviving spouses and was played to console his grandmother.
Adventure, Bard, Fantasy, Father, Fidonhaal, Funeral, Mother, Novel, Poem, Preview, Sample, Sister, Son, dirge, song
And the vixen started crying, a sad wail which sounded much like the haunting downbeat dirges of her violin and she would not stop crying until her golden eyes turned bloodshot.
Growth, Music, Personal Redemption, Short, Vixen
"dirge took everything from me...my mate...my friend...and you took my mentor, dameon. so don't you dare say i don't know what pain is! last year i didn't even know this world existed!
Death, Dragon, Friendship, Kissing, Love, Plot Development
When last did you hear, on the autumn breeze,
a rustic dirge hummed idly? how long since
you heard the children chanting, in their play
stumbling over laughter, like a young
glad-crazy king dancing upon his day
of victory before his god?
Epic, Iambic pentameter, Poetry, blank verse
Church bells rang to mark a solemn dirge. in his hand, the
man held the picture of himself, his wife, and his friend.
it felt like a lifetime ago, as did he. sadness struck his heart.
a lifetime ago, he'd do anything for him.
Poetry, free form
But the carillon they played was a doleful dirge, for the pace the mare set was slow, slow, slow.
Adventure, Cosmic horrror, Dark, Fanfiction, Friendship, Lovecraftian, Night, Original Character, Princess Luna, lovecraft, luna
**_Angels come bear witness...
Time has ended early...
Your child returns...
Judge her honour...
Forgive her wrongs...
She loved the world...
She cherished all...
She hated none...
She gave from her heart...
She leaves with a smile...
Ready...
Boy, Cheetah, Clan, Daughter, Father, Feline, Female, Fox, Funeral dirge, Girl, Healer, Male, Mother, Son, Wolf, funeral pyre, hut, midwife, midwives, shaman
After oaktooth was finished, endru played 2 pieces of music on a cedar flute: a beautiful dirge, and also "home on the range," the very first song shilocc and redra sang together when they first met.
Character Development, Cheetah, Cheetahtaur, Cygnagon, Death, Dragoness, Female, Funeral, Male, Mammalian dragon, Sci-Fi, Sea, Squirrel, Story Progression, Taur, mourning, planet, sadness, seaside, shaman
Now accompanied by the stomping of hundreds of feet and the beating of drums, ander realized he might be listening to his own dirge. the pain in his arms intensified together with the volume of their cries and what little hope he had left slipped away.
Ander, Clean, Fox, Hezzi, Kadai, Novel, Serial, Story, Wolf, shekka