toiled

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Grundelheim, in his celebrated "Toilers who have Toiled," relates how desperately hard she worked with her mangle in the Konigstrasse.

From Terribly Intimate Portraits by Loraine, Lorn

In a dark room, unfriended and unseen, Toiled o'er his types, a poor unlearn'd young man.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

And as I close this ballad,    Historically true, Learn, reader, that its heroes    Toiled not in vain for you.

From Home Lyrics by Battersby, H. S. (Hannah S.)

In the mango sprays The sun-birds flashed; alone at his green forge Toiled the loud coppersmith; .

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas

Where many a poor horse, with his load, Toiled on beneath the burning sun, And traveled some three miles in one.

From Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" by Various