Crossword puzzle clue "plaintive poems"

ELEGY, a mournful poem for the dead

an interjection expressing grief

to cry like a sheep

a funeral song or hymn; a slow and mournful piece of music, also DIRIGE

DIRGE, a funeral song or hymn; a slow and mournful piece of music, also DIRIGE

sad, full of woe

relating to elegy, also ELEGIACAL