And yif thou agrysest hir false 45 trecherye, despyse and cast awey hir that pleyeth so harmfully; for she, that is now cause of so muche sorwe to thee, sholde ben cause to thee of pees and of Ioye.
For sorwe of which I wol not live to morwe, But-if ye lordes rewe up-on my sorwe.
And shapeth yow his sorwe for to abregge, 925 And nought encresse, leve nece swete; Beth rather to him cause of flat than egge, And with som wysdom ye his sorwes bete.
If I dide ought that mighte lyken thee, It is me leef; and of this treson now, God woot, that it a sorwe is un-to me!
My Pandarus,' quod Troilus, 'the sorwe 295 Which that I drye, I may not longe endure.
In moche sorwe {and} in myche wo Schulle we lyue, be þou a go.
No man may my sorwe glade, That maketh my hewe to falle and fade, And hath myn understonding lorn, 565 That me is wo that I was born!
That trewly Cassandra, that so Bewayled the destruccioun Of Troye and of Ilioun, Had never swich sorwe as I tho.
And yit sich sorwe dide I fele, That al-day I chaunged hewe, Of my woundes fresshe and newe, As men might see in my visage.
I praye god yoursorwe lisse; 210 To litel whyl our blisse lasteth!
For who so seeth me first on morwe 595 May seyn, he hath [y]-met with sorwe; For I am sorwe and sorwe is I.
The sonne forsorwe therof Lees light of a tyme, Aboute mydday whan moost light is, 3480 And meel-tyme of seintes, Feddest with thi fresshe blood Oure fore-fadres in derknesse.
And gyveth hem mete and mede, And povere men refuse; 8860 In youre deeth deyinge, I drede me ful soore Lest tho thre manner men To muche sorwe yow brynge.
Yis redily," quod Repentaunce, And radde hym to the beste, "Sorwe of synnes Is savacion of soules.
Right so the riche, If he his richesse kepe, 7920 And deleth it noght til his deeth-day, The tail of alle sorwe Right so as the pennes of the pecok Peyneth hym in his flight.
And geveth suche mede an mete, And povre men refusen; In youre deth deynge, Ich drede me sore Lest tho maner men To moche sorwe yow brynge.
And al they songen o songe, That sorwe was to heren; They crieden alle o cry, A kareful note.
Youre sorwe into solas Shal turne atte laste, And out of wo into wele Youre wyrdes shul chaunge.
His sorwe is satisfaccion, For hym that may noght paie.
For-thi God of his goodnesse The firste gome Adam Sette hym in solace, And in sovereyn murthe; And siththe he suffred hym synne, Sorwe to feele, To wite what wele was Kyndeliche and knowe it.
Manye a lovely lady, And lemmans of knyghtes, Swowned and swelted For sorwe of hise dyntes.
The young man is complaining to himself most piteously:-- Hit was gret wonder that nature Might suffre(n) any creature To have swich sorwe and be not deed.
At more ich wile the serue, And fro sorwe the berwe.
He haueth me do mi mete to þigge, And ofte in sorwe and pine ligge.
But the grete Chane his brother dyede; and that was gret sorwe and losse to alle Cristen men.
And zif ony cursed wycche or enchauntour wolde bewycche him, that berethe the dyamand; alle that sorwe and myschance schalle turne to him self, thorghe vertu of that ston.
Bot natheles in such a plit Florent of his answere is quit: And tho began his sorwe newe, For he mot gon, or ben untrewe, To hire which his trowthe hadde.
Tho was no sorwe forto seke: Hire housebonde, hire fader eke Aswoune upon the bodi felle; Ther mai no mannes tunge telle 5080 In which anguisshe that thei were.
The Maiden, whan sche wiste of this, 1550 And sih thesorwe hir fader made, So as sche mai with wordes glade Conforteth him, and bad him holde The covenant which he is holde Towardes god, as he behihte.
Appolinus whan he this knew, For sorwe a swoune he overthrew, 1060 That noman wiste in him no lif.
Bot erst he hadde sorwe ynowh, 3700 For that Serpent made him travaile So harde and sore of his bataile, That nou he stod and nou he fell: For longe time it so befell, That with his swerd ne with his spere He mihte noght that Serpent dere.
The king, which understod here wille And knew here conseil that was trewe, Began ayein his sorwe newe 1100 With pitous herte, and thus to seie: "It is al reson that ye preie.
For whan I of here loves rede, Min Ere with the tale I fede; And with the lust of here histoire Somtime I drawe into memoire Hou sorwe mai noght evere laste; And so comth hope in ate laste, Whan I non other fode knowe.
For certes swich sorwe werketh to the deeth of the soule and of the body also; for therof comth, that a man is anoyed of his owene lyf.
Wherfore swich sorwe shorteth ful ofte the lyf of a man, er that his tyme be come by wey of kinde"[926].
In armes everich of hem other taketh, And thus I lete hem in hirsorwe dwelle.
And mochel sorwe hadde he in his minde Er that he coude his felawshippe finde.
He seide, 'Arveragus, of gentillesse, 1595 Had lever dye insorwe and in distresse Than that his wyf were of hir trouthe fals.
For-as-muche thanne as reson is rebel to god, therfore is man worthy to have sorwe and to be deed.
Wherfore swich sorwe shorteth ful ofte the lyf of a man, er that his tyme be come by wey of kinde.
And now thou hast biraft him bothe hise yën, For sorwe of which desyreth he to dyen.
For thilke sorwe that was in thyn herte, Have routhe as wel up-on my peynes smerte.
For certes, al the sorwe that a man mighte make fro the beginning of the world, nis but a litel thing at regard of the sorwe of helle.
Therfore his maister yaf him acquitance, And bad him go with sorwe and with meschance; And thus this Ioly prentis hadde his leve.
That he hadde leve to sorwe him to brynge: sorrow For this was outrely[190] his ful entente To slen hem bothe, and never to repente.
Augustin, it [Envye] is sorwe of other mannes wele, and Ioye of othere mennes harm.
And eek, the bet from sorwe him to releve, She made him were a pencel of hir sleve.
Hastou nat herd', quod Nicholas, 'also The sorwe of Noe with his felaweshipe Er that he myghte brynge his wyf to shipe?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sorwe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
