Sackcloth

Some holy men affected sackcloth and ashes.

And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.

After he realised the gravity of his crime he spent some time wearing sackcloth and ashes.

Next you saw her alone, a kneeling penitent at the foot of the crucifix; her long fair hair is unbound, and the sackcloth robe is girded by a cord round her slender shape: her hands are clasped, and tears are flowing fast from the quenched radiance of those shadowy eyes;...

No more ashes, no more sackcloth / And an armband made of black cloth / Will someday never more adorn a sleeve