tristful
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They took me to the county jail My tristful Kate pursuing, And all the way she sobb’d and cried ‘Oh! what have I been doing?’
From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various
Suzette had tristful eyes when they rested upon this cemetery.
From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by Townsend, George Alfred
Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful, Heart so full of care and cumber, I was lapped in rest and slumber, Ye have made me wakeful, wistful!
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Again prevailed the tristful dirge of the pines.
From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart
There are few sadder poems than this with its tristful refrain, even in the works of Mr. Hardy.
From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert