You realize that hip-hop is urban folk art, and as much an indication of the conditions in impoverished areas as bluesman Robert Johnson's laments in the 1930s.
Eventually he discovered the Lament Configuration, a puzzle box designed by a brilliant engineer over two hundred years ago and infused with dark magic.
In a lament that is eerily apposite in the lurid age of social media, Wordsworth decried the craving for extraordinary incident which the rapid communication of intelligence hourly gratifies.
Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers commemorate Josiah in the laments. These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.
" Don't be afraid, " cried Felicite; and murmuring a sort of lament she passed her hand over the back of the nearest ox; he turned away and the others followed.