What is pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness. [Obs.] "Hail, divinest Melancholy !" Milton called?
melancholy — Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness. [Obs.] "Hail, divinest Melancholy !" Milton. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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