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On that dreary waste of waters He had died, and left her mourning, All unguided, unbefriended.

From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard

Cried the Poet, unknown, unbefriended, As the vision, that lured him to follow, With the mist and the darkness blended, And the dream of his life was ended; How cold are thy baths, Apollo!—Longfellow.

From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland

No one who cares for the past of the University should think without pity and friendliness of this lonely scholar, who in his lifetime was unpitied and unbefriended.

From Oxford by Lang, Andrew

I found him, lonely and unbefriended, the very next night after our talk, at the Dugald Delane's burra-khana.

From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard

He had chosen to try the issue alone and unbefriended.

From Father Stafford by Hope, Anthony