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Now the hungry lion roars, And the wolf behowls the moon; Whilst the heavy ploughman snores, All with weary task fordone.
From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
Now they were slumbering, fordone with toil, but their goodly weapons lay by them on the ground, all orderly, in three rows, and by each man his pair of steeds.
From The Iliad by Homer
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
The way is long, and when he returns in the morning he looks fordone with weariness.
From Some Chinese Ghosts by Hearn, Lafcadio
He came across them as they fared slowly down the bent, looking weary and fordone.
From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May
