Meaning of wondersong | Babel Free

Definitions

An exceptionally good or extraordinary song.

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Examples

“Thus, Alma lied. A poignant complaint, piercing wondersong, registering with her frail untaught soprano trembling tones in the uppermost treble-world.”

“Afterward, Pygarax dared suggest⟳, “Move⟳ over Asylum; Halls of the Mountain Kings; Cymnargael; Oh, Cherriel; Refugee; Psalm of the Dreamers; Houses of the Holy; The Vagabond Hymn; and all of those other fabulous wondersongs that are too damn numerous to mention⟳: Y'all got big company.””

“The heavenly beings have⟳ not yet moved on from their one-word wonder-song: “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY”! They have⟳ been singing it since the beginning of time and they do not seem inclined to change⟳ their words anytime soon.”

“In general the Greek whom Kipling sings and whom we already find⟳ in Schiller — the Greek who is an incarnation of the "joy of life unquestioned, the everlasting wondersong of youth"— is a romantic myth.”

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