burthen

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The woods decay, the woods decay and fall, The vapours weep their burthen to the ground, Man comes and tills the field and lies beneath, And after many a summer dies the swan.

From The Guardian • Dec. 2, 2010

But what you will remember is the ghostly burthen of fear and futility borne by the voices of shadowy warriors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most of those views, like his language�"marplot," "whilst," "burthen," "blatherskite," "milch cows" �have a 19th century texture.

From Time Magazine Archive

May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the States and distributing equally the benefit and the burthen of the Union.

From Time Magazine Archive

This party was perhaps stupified by the unusual size of our ships, for the vessels which frequent this Strait are seldom one hundred tons in burthen.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert