sorrow
noun
distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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And from then on, He fell to sorrowing, and has been sorrowing to this day.
From Savva and the Life of Man Two plays by Leonid Andreyev by Thomas Seltzer