bemoan
bewail
climb Parnassus
compose poetry
deplore
dirge
give sorrow words
grieve
keen
knell
lament
lisp in numbers
make immortal verse
moan
mount Pegasus
mourn
poetize
repine
sigh
sing
sing deathless songs
sing the blues
sorrow
verse
versify
weep over
write poetry
poetise
elegized
elegizes
elegizing