repine

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We are republishing Patterson’s repine in honor of the holiday.

From Slate • Jul. 4, 2012

But if no one agrees, the author need not repine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Must Man, the chiefest Work of Art Divine, Be doom'd in endless Discord to repine?

From Time Magazine Archive

I will not pause either to accuse or repine.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

There wor music to dainties and music to wine, An’ for faar o’ invaders no hearts did repine; Although a dark cloud swept over the plain, Yet our quarter wor sheltered from famine an’ rain.

From Random Rhymes and Rambles by Wright, William Aldis