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Sighed and wept and said no more. - Unattributed Author, Isle of Ladies (l. 929), probably written in mid-15th century, erroneously attributed to Chaucer as "Dreame" He sighed;--the next resource is the full moon, Where all sighs are deposited; and now It happen'd luckily, the chaste orb shone. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron) Sigh'd and look'd, and sigh'd again. - John Dryden, Alexander's Feast (l. 120) Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. - Thomas Gray, Elegy in a Country Churchyard (st. 20) To sigh, yet feel no pain, To weep, yet scarce know why; To sport an hour with Beauty's chain, Then throw it idly by. - Thomas Moore, Songs from M.P.; or, The Blue Stocking My soul has rest, sweet sigh! alone in thee. - Francesco Petrarch, To Laura in Death--Sonnet LIV (l. 14) Sped the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole. - Alexander Pope Oh, if you knew the pensive pleasure That fills my bosom when I sigh, You would not rob me of a treasure Monarchs are too poor to buy. - Samuel Rogers, To ----- (st. 2) Yet sighes, deare sighes, indeeds true friends you are That do not leave your left friend at the wurst, But, as you with my breast, I oft have nurst So, gratefull now, you waite upon my care. - Sir Philip Sidney (Sydney), Sighes Sighs Which perfect Joy, perplexed for utterance, Stole from her sister Sorrow. - Lord Alfred Tennyson, The Gardner's Daughter (l. 249)
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