Read full poem →Censured my neighbours, and said daily prayer.
Alas, how changed! with this same sermon-mien,
The filthy _What-d'ye-call-it_[71]--I have seen.
Dictionary Entry
Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief.
In a Sentence
“I wanted to catch the last bus home, but alas, I was ten minutes late and had to take a taxi instead.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “alas”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Ah, spare me, Venus! let me, let me rest!
I am not now, alas! the man
As in the gentle reign of my Queen Anne.
Read full poem →In the clear Mirror of thy ruling Star
I saw, alas! some dread event impend,
Ere to the main this morning sun descend, 110
Read full poem →And these be sung till Granville's Myra die:
Alas! how little from the grave we claim!
Thou but preserv'st a face, and I a name.
Read full poem →(A pleasing offering when 'tis made by you)
He values these; but yet, alas! complains
That still the best and dearest gift remains.
Read full poem →A heart resign'd, the conquest of your eyes:
Well might, alas! that threaten'd vessel fail,
Which winds and lightning both at once assail.
Read full poem →5 Alas! one bad example shown,
How quickly all the sex pursue!
Read full poem →In the clear mirror of thy ruling star
I saw, alas! some dread event impend,
Ere to the main this morning sun descend,
Read full poem →And all we gain, some sad reflection more;
Is that a birthday? 'tis alas! too clear
'Tis but the funeral of the former year.
Read full poem →4 Alas! like Schutz I cannot pun,
Like Grafton court the Germans;