delight vs lament

delight

verb
  • To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly. 

  • To have or take great pleasure. 

noun
  • Joy; pleasure. 

  • Something that gives great joy or pleasure. 

lament

verb
  • To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail. 

  • To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn. 

noun
  • A song expressing grief. 

  • An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret. 

How often have the words delight and lament occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )