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After his Brother Arnaldo died, he wrote: "For his death I have sorrowed and shall sorrow for long; like the mutilations of the body, those of the soul are irreparable."

From Time Magazine Archive

This is the second day that I, thy damsel, have sorrowed over thee, and thou wokest not from thy slumber, nor made answer to my words!”

From Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)

Thy daughters remain, and even if they had been removed, thy pious spirit would not have sorrowed over their graves, as one that has no hope!

From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I by Cox, Francis Augustus

I have sorrowed on account of our disunion, viii.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

I love you with my whole heart, because I have sorrowed for you--so long.

From Magda A Play in Four Acts by Sudermann, Hermann