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Now they were slumbering, fordone with toil, but their goodly weapons lay by them on the ground, all orderly, in three rows, and by each man his pair of steeds.

From The Iliad by Homer

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)

For there, with bodily anguish keen, With Indian heats at last fordone, With public toil and private teen— Thou sank'st, alone.

From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew

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

Let bath be made For such men fordone, Wash thou hands and feet thereof, Comb their hair and dry them Ere the coffin has them; Then bid them sleep full sweetly.

From The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda by Morris, William