weary load

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Borne down with a weary load of debt and dwindling earnings, MOP subsided into bankruptcy.

From Time Magazine Archive

He whistles down the day-long road,     And, when the chilly shadows fall And heavier hangs the weary load,     Is he down-hearted?

From A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917 by Clarke, George Herbert

Love, knowing that dear image to be his,    Woke up within the sick heart sorrow-bowed,     Unto the sighs which are its weary load, Saying, "Go forth."

From Song and Legend from the Middle Ages by MacClintock, Porter Lander

And a weary load is a hump, Heaven knows, only to be cast off in the grave.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman

A vain attachment in a woman's heart must ever be a weary load, because she can take no step of her own towards that consummation by which the burden may be converted into a joy.

From Ralph the Heir by Trollope, Anthony