gainless
Example Sentences
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O, gracious God! not gainless is the loss!
From Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by T. C. DeLeon
Oh, gracious God! not gainless is our loss: A glorious sunbeam gilds Thy sternest frown; And while his country staggers with the cross-- He rises with the crown!
From War Poetry of the South by Various
O gracious God! not gainless in the loss; A glorious sunbeam gilds the sternest frown; And while his country staggers with the cross, He rises with the crown!
From War Poetry of the South by Various
Disgusted with one so insipidly brainless, I turned from a task that was tedious and gainless, Adapted myself to my strange situation, And buried my mind in profound cogitation.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
O gracious God! not gainless is the loss; A glorious sunbeam gilds thy sternest frown, And while his country staggers neath the Cross, He rises with the Crown.
From How the Flag Became Old Glory by A. C. Valentine
