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  • "When our heads are bowed with woe, when our bitter tears o'erflow, when we mourn the lost, the dear, Jesu, Son of Mary, hear."

    The Fifth Rapunzel Gill, B. M. 1991

  • 'Line after line my gushing eyes o'erflow, Led through a something-something woe: Now warm in love!'

    Sharpe's Enemy Cornwell, Bernard 1984

  • And there greet my fond mother whose heart will o'erflow

    The Southern Harmony 1809-1875 1966

  • Strain'd his departing friend; and tears o'erflow his face.

    The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

  • This struck home to the family and made Boleslav's cup of bitterness o'erflow; he plotted more persistently than ever against Wenceslaus.

    From a Terrace in Prague Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker

  • One word, -- and the bitter-brimm'd heart would o'erflow:

    Beechenbrook A Rhyme of the War Margaret J. Preston

  • Still may thine heart with those pure thoughts o'erflow

    In Defence of Harriet Shelley Mark Twain 1872

  • When our bitter tears o'erflow, have long since taken their permanent place in devotional literature.

    Historical and Political Essays William Edward Hartpole Lecky 1870

  • March on! let every vale o'erflow with the invaders 'blood.

    War songs of the South ed. William G. Shepperson. 1862

  • March on! let every vale o'erflow with th 'invaders' blood.

    War songs of the South ed. William G. Shepperson. 1862

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