Noun : His first sorrow was the bank failure. ,muffled sorrow. From Dictionary.com.
It was one thing to make light of a young man's sorrows in love, but another to do it when the sorrower was Xavier's age. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
Room was made for the sorrower, who was followed by two or three female friends. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day] Reference
Full believer likewise, and true sorrower, was Greenleaf, in Hilary's death, having its seeming proof from Constance and Miranda as well as from Flora. From Wordnik.com. [Kincaid's Battery] Reference
Perhaps no other thing has such power to lift the poor out of his poverty, the wretched out of his misery, to make the burden-bearer forget his burden, the sick his sufferings, the sorrower his grief, the downtrodden his degradation, as books. From Wordnik.com. [How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune] Reference
His blandness of temper, his modesty, the benignity of his manners, made him the favorite of intelligent society; and, with healthy cheerfulness, he derived pleasure from books, from philosophy, from conversation, -- now administering consolation to the sorrower, now indulging in light-hearted gayety. From Wordnik.com. [Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3] Reference
It was one thing to make light of a young man’s sorrows in love, but another to do it when the sorrower was Xavier’s age. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove] Reference
Ah! silly sorrower, weep no more. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference
A want, to that stern sorrower. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia — Complete] Reference
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