supersentimental

Updated: May 28, 2025

They went into the best room, where a fire was blazing, and Mattie and Herman sang hymns and old-fashioned love songs and college glees wonderfully intermingled. They ended by singing "Lorena," a wailing, supersentimental love song current in war times, and when they looked around there was a lofty look on the face of the young preacher a look of exaltation, of consecration and resolve.

Hamlin Garland - Wayside Courtships