Undersong

Undersong
Undersong Un"der*song`, n. 1. The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2. Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone. [1913 Webster]

In the very [poetry] there often an undersong of sense which none beside the poetic mind . . . can comprehend. --Landor. [1913 Webster]


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