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Other pray'r hath he none Save this, "Sir, let me begone Whence I came, since fordone My expertise."

From Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

And he wept and groaned and repeated the following verses: Indeed, it sufficeth the lover the time that his tears have run;      As for affliction, of patience it hath him all fordone.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John

The way is long, and when he returns in the morning he looks fordone with weariness.

From Some Chinese Ghosts by Hearn, Lafcadio

He moaned again, but so hopelessly, as being so weary and fordone, that Abbot Milo began to blubber out loud.

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Thy people, O self-deluder, thou'lt leave in mourning for thee;      Ay, all their lives they shall sorrow for thee, fordone and      slain.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by Payne, John