repine

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With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs and die.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

Repine not then, that low thy lot is cast; Health gives to life or high or low it's zest; 'Tis Appetite that seasons our repast, And Weariness still finds the softest rest.

From An Essay on War, in Blank Verse; Honington Green, a Ballad; the Culprit, an Elegy; and Other Poems, on Various Subjects by Bloomfield, Nathaniel

And she left him therewith, to rejoice, Repine, yearn, and know not his aim, The life of their day in her voice, Left her life in her name.

From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George

This makes me plaine, makes me my selfe accuse, Fortune in this hir spitefull force doth vse ’Gainst my gray hayres: in this vnhappie I Repine at heau’ns in my happes pittiles.

From A Discourse of Life and Death, by Mornay; and Antonius by Garnier by Herbert, Mary Sidney

Repine not an affliction hit thee hard; * For woe and welfare aye      conjoint abide: How oft shall woman see all griefs surround * Yet feel a joyance      thrill what lies inside!

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir