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Other pray'r hath he none Save this, "Sir, let me begone Whence I came, since fordone My expertise."

From Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

His body fordone with age is by them considered to be full of the spirit of wisdom.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

Thro' thousand ages hath thy childhood run: On timeless ruin hath thy glory been: From the forgotten night of loves fordone Thou risest in the dawn of hopes unseen.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

He was near fordone, poor man! but still entreatingly prayed, in sentences broken by consumptive spasms, for wisdom and faith and the fire of the Holy Ghost in this dire emergency.

From The Cruise of the Shining Light by Duncan, Norman

So there he lay asleep, the steadfast goodly Odysseus, fordone with toil and drowsiness.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew