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Now the hungry lion roars, And the wolf behowls the moon; Whilst the heavy ploughman snores, All with weary task fordone.

From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)

He followed the outer boulevards for a long time, and at length, fordone with weariness, lay down on the edge of a piece of waste land.

From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by France, Anatole

Horses alike and riders were travel-tainted and fordone.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

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

From Some Chinese Ghosts by Hearn, Lafcadio

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