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He cheer'd my sorrows, and, for sums of gold, The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold; Pitied the woes a parent underwent, And sent me back in safety from his tent.'

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

Johnson says of him, "Pitied by gentle minds, Kilmarnock died."

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter

Kind eyes watched the wandering ones, Pitied their forlorn distress; Grieved to note Tom’s ragged coat, And Margery’s tattered dress.

From On the Tree Top by Curtis, Jessie

The touch of his compassion, like a mother’s, Pitied the madman, soothed him and caressed.

From The New World by Bynner, Witter

Assist me, Heaven, Or, better still, ye fiercest spirits aid me, Bride of Du Nois! myself despised, or worse, Pitied perhaps by both! held in contempt By Richemont too, and taunted for my weakness!

From Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts by Sargant, Jane Alice