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  • And brushing away a tear they drew nigh, and Zetes spake as follows, taking in his own the hand of the grief-worn sire:

    The Argonautica 2008

  •     Yet from grief-worn limbs shall feeling wholly depart not,

    Poems and Fragments 2006

  •     Yet from grief-worn limbs shall feeling wholly depart not,

    Poems and Fragments 2006

  • But Demeter, still grief-worn and dejected, refused her friendly offers, and held herself apart from the social board.

    Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

  • In his imagination Ephraim had pictured a wan, grief-worn figure, and now he saw before him a strong, well-built man, who certainly did not present the appearance of a person who had just emerged from the dank atmosphere of a prison!

    A Ghetto Violet From "Christian and Leah" Leopold Kompert

  • So then she sprang into the wan water, hoping that very swiftly it might bear her grief-worn soul down to the shades.

    A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang

  • In his imagination Ephraim had pictured a wan, grief-worn figure, and now he saw before him a strong, well - built man, who certainly did not present the appearance of a person who had just emerged from the dank atmosphere of a prison!

    Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 2 Various

  • He was pale, apparently grief-worn, and had a most grave and melancholy countenance, and languid look; but now and then flashed, both with eyes and words.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 561, August 11, 1832 Various

  • And brushing away a tear they drew nigh, and Zetes spake as follows, taking in his own the hand of the grief-worn sire:

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

  • Yet from grief-worn limbs shall feeling wholly depart not,

    The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus

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