fardel

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In travail, as in tears, With the fardel of her years Overprest,— In mercy was she borne Where the weary ones and worn Are at rest.

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

I ask, for Day, the use which is the Wife’s: To bear, apart from thy delight and thee, The fardel coarse of customary life’s Exceeding injucundity.

From The Unknown Eros by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton

Besides carrying her own fardel, this poor wife was expected to fold and direct wrappers for her husband's precious journal, he finding "mechanical writing too exhausting and stultifying."

From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various

To mark if e'er I knew him?  and to crave His pity for the fardel that I bear.

From The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Volume 3 by Cary, Henry Francis

After venting that brief soliloquy he sat silent a little while, till Leonard was nearly out of sight, then rose, resumed his fardel, and, creeping quick along the hedgerows, followed Leonard toward the town.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various