Lexicographical Neighbors of Sighful
Literary usage of Sighful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Hound of Heaven: An Interpretation by Francis Peter LeBuffe (1921)
"The poor mind distills "dank" (ie, gloomy, oppressive) thoughts from its "sighful"
branches, and these fall into a heart that has lost all motion, ..."
2. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"... Wherein tear-drippings stagnate, spilt down ever From the dank thoughts that
shiver Upon the sighful branches of my mind. Such is; what is to be? ..."
3. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"he murmurs, then exits RU " Farewell" is much too sighful for An age that has
not time to sigh. We say, " I'll see you later," or "Good by! ..."
4. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"he murmurs, then exits RU "Farewell" is much too sighful for An age that has not
time to sigh. We say, "I'll see you later," or "Good-by! ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"... And then he bade it lift its wing and fly Over the earth, and sing in every
ear Some soothing sound the sighful soul to cheer, He fixed his name on its ..."
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