repine

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With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs and die.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

Repine thee not; shroud not they faith in gloom; Shrink not to meet a disappointment's frown; Away beyond the narrow bordered tomb, Who here have borne the cross may wear the crown.

From Debris Selections from Poems by Wagner, Madge Morris

Repine not, my friend, at this unlooked-for reverse.

From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden

Repine not if our clime deny, Above thine honoured sod to bloom, The flowerets of a milder sky.

From Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since by Scott, Walter, Sir

Repine not, oh! my friend, if all your race are not of these.

From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Trollope, Mrs