repining

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Repining love is the stillest; the shady flowers in this spring as in the other, shun sunlight.—Richter.

From Pearls of Thought by Ballou, Maturin Murray

I might have been more kind, more tender; now Repining wrings my bosom.

From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Locker-Lampson, Hannah Jane

Repining, however, would avail us nothing, so, at Hartog's request, I set about organizing our camp.

From Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Forbes, George

But, ah! a few there be whom griefs devour, ����And weeping woe, and disappointment keen, Repining penury, and sorrow sour, ����And self-consuming spleen.

From The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas by White, Henry Kirk

Repining because we are not angels in a world of no changes is folly, 696-m.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert