laments

v. mourn aloud, wail, express sorrow, grieve for; bewail, bemoan, regret

n. wailing, mourning, bewailing; mournful song, cry of grief; complaint

Can refer to the Polish poems (Laments (Treny)) or to the Biblical Book of Lamentations. See also the genre Lament
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Noun
1. a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
(synonym) lamentation, plaint, wail
(hypernym) complaint
(derivation) keen
2. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
(synonym) dirge, coronach, requiem, threnody
(hypernym) song
(hyponym) keen
(derivation) keen
3. a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
(synonym) elegy
(hypernym) poem, verse form
(derivation) keen
Verb
1. express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"
(synonym) keen
(hypernym) express emotion, express feelings
(entail) grieve, sorrow
(derivation) elegy
2. regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"
(synonym) deplore, bewail, bemoan
(hypernym) complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
(derivation) mourner, griever, sorrower, lamenter

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Lamenting one's inadequacy before a vast ocean.
Describing something that is in sight but beyond reach, or someone who knows that he is not as good as others.

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