Definition of elegy. plural. elegies. 1 : a poem in elegiac couplets. 2a : a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is deadb : something (as a speech) resembling such a song or poem. 3a : a pensive or reflective poem that is usually nostalgic or melancholyb : a short pensive musical composition.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 â March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include  Paul Revere's Ride , The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri 's The Divine Comedy, and was one of the five Fireside Poets.
Kyle Louis Bosworth (born November 21, 1986) is a former American football linebacker and special teamer who played in the National Football League. He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2010. Bosworth played linebacker at Plano West Senior High School in Texas. He was lettered in football as a linebacker for his High School coach Mike Hughes at Plano West Senior High School in Plano, Texas.