evil-starred

When the old shepherd, forced to declare the truth, tells how he saved the life of the infant, and gave it into the keeping of the herdsman of Polybus, the evil-starred OEdipus exclaims, in agony of spirit:

Mosaics of Grecian History Marcius Willson

The Maker marred, and evil-starred I drift upon His tide;

Songs of a Sourdough 1916

The Maker marred, and, evil-starred, I drift upon His tide;

The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses 1916

Where in wild Mahratta-battle fell my father, evil-starred;

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation Various 1878

Never love made moan for a life more evil-starred.

Astrophel and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. VI Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873

There seemed something sinister, hollow, heartless, about Abrazza, and that green-and-yellow, evil-starred crown that he wore.

Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) Herman Melville 1855

"Somehow the misfortunes of the evil-starred one seemed to turn to me their comedy side.

Roads of Destiny O. Henry 1886

I suppose the unhappy creature has had a brief forced upon him by some evil-starred attorney, and is sinking into a state of imbecility from a dim consciousness of his own incompetence. "

Lady Audley's Secret 1875