burthen
Example Sentences
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The woods decay, the woods decay and fall, The vapours weep their burthen to the ground, Man comes and tills the field and lies beneath, And after many a summer dies the swan.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 2, 2010
But what you will remember is the ghostly burthen of fear and futility borne by the voices of shadowy warriors.
From Time Magazine Archive
May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the States and distributing equally the benefit and the burthen of the Union.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Lord of Man's hope, whom no man worshippeth, Heart of his fears, and burthen of his breath, Queller of hate and love, hear, O Most Strong, Most Wrathful and Unrighteous, hear, O Death!"
From Andromache A Play in Three Acts by Gilbert Murray
He was not aware that with his death a burthen of long-endured apprehension would have been lightened, whereby her tortured soul might attain a semblance of rest at last.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
