What is "exclaims"

Usage examples of "exclaims".

And he exclaims, in verse that applieth to her: Exquisite slenderness!

Of her entry into the Great Hall, to the embrace of her betrothed, the poet exclaims, picturing her in a rapture: Her march is music, and my soul obeys Each motion, as a lute to cunning fingers I see the earth throb for her as she sways Wave-like in air, and like a great flower lingers Heavily over all, as loath to leave What loves her so, and for her loss would grieve.