woful

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O woful Mars! alas! what mayst thou seyn, That in the paleys of thy disturbaunce Art left behinde, in peril to be sleyn? . . . . . . . . . . .

From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Grimm, Florence M.

And the angel then unbound him, and he with woful lamentation went away, and nowhere afterwards appeared.

From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham

Oh, woful welcome! woful day, That never brings a bright to-morrow!

From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown

Despite their industry there is, nevertheless, woful poverty amid the peasants of Nevada.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

Their appearance was so woful that it became a by-word.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee