tristful
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Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful, Heart so full of care and cumber, I was lapped in rest and slumber, Ye have made me wakeful, wistful!
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
But why these pensive tristful looks, now she hath her heart's desire?
From A Set of Rogues by Barrett, Frank
"Whoever will give any information of these unfortunate, tristful gentlemen to the Hartford Convention, will confer a favor on humanity."
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
Carmelo, as he crouched at the tiller, was singing, in a low, clear alto, some tristful little melody.
From Chita: a Memory of Last Island by Hearn, Lafcadio
Is true inheritor of Judah's throne, Last born of tristful Ochoziah's children, Reared up, you know it, by the name of Joas.
From Athaliah A Tragedy, Intended For Reading Only, Translated Into English Blank Verse, From Racine (A. Gombert's Edition, 1825) by Donkersley, J.