dolent

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Launfal was very dolent to hear this thing.

From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de

After "that most dolent day"* we hear no more of Dunbar.

From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)

Certainly not; as without the opposite there is no pain; as is shown by that golden Pythagorean poet when he says: Hinc metuunt cupiuntque, dolent gaudentque, nec Respiciunt, clausæ tenebris, e carcere cæco.

From The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem by Williams, L.

Si d'aventure aucû chevalier non hardy ou paresseux te possède après ma mort j'en seray grandement dolent.

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart

Through me the way is to the city dolent;   Through me the way is to eternal dole;   Through me the way among the people lost.

From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth