Up-on my sorwessyke Have mercy, swete herte myn, Cryseyde!
To Troye is come this woful Troilus, In sorwe aboven alle sorwes smerte, With felon look, and face dispitous.
Delyte not in wo thy wo to seche, As doon thise foles that hir sorwes eche 705 With sorwe, whan they han misaventure, And listen nought to seche hem other cure.
Another tyme he sholde mightily Conforte him-self, and seyn it was folye, So causeles swich drede for to drye, And eft biginne his aspre sorwes newe, 265 That every man mighte on his sorwes rewe.
This is so gentil and so tendre of herte, That with his deeth he wol his sorwes wreke; 905 For trusteth wel, how sore that him smerte, He wol to yow no Ialouse wordes speke.
He felte he nas but deed, For wrooth was she that shulde his sorwes lighte.
But nathelees, he no word to it seyde, Lest men sholde his affeccioun espye; With mannes herte he gan his sorwes drye.
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.
So longe he gan of socour hem by-seke That, for to hele him of his sorwes sore, They yave him Antenor, with-oute more.
The reyn that reyneth Ther we reste sholde, Ben siknesse and sorwes That we suffren ofte; {368} As Poul the apostle To the people taughte.
Now herkeneth with a gode entencioun, For now wol I gon streight to my matere, In whiche ye may the double sorwes here Of Troilus, in loving of Criseyde, 55 And how that she forsook him er she deyde.
And many a maydes sorwes for to newe; 305 And, for the more part, al is untrewe That men of yelpe, and it were brought to preve; Of kinde non avauntour is to leve.
And that ye me wolde as your brother trete, And taketh not my frendship in despyt; 135 And though your sorwes be for thinges grete, Noot I not why, but out of more respyt, Myn herte hath for to amende it greet delyt.
That, as hir Ioyes moten over-goon, So mote hir sorwes passen everichoon.
Thus am I slain, with sorwes ful dyverse; 25 Ful longe agoon I oghte have taken hede].
And who so wiste al, by my trouthe, My sorwe, but he hadde routhe And pite of my sorwes smerte, That man hath a feendly herte.
And sche, which hath hire sorwes grene, 5040 Hire wo to telle thanne assaieth, Bot tendre schame hire word delaieth, That sondri times as sche minte To speke, upon the point sche stinte.
Be ye my gyde and lady sovereyne; *As to myn erthly god, to yow I calle, 95 *Bothe in this werke and in my sorwes alle.
Now lord, have routhe up-on my sorwes sore, Yif me victorie, I aske thee namore.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sorwes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
