downhearted

• ROBBIE: Sometimes some of dem get despondent over deh years, downhearted, and say they can't carry on. —  Jammin Reggae Archives
• "Do not be downhearted, my dear women," she exclaimed. —  The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews.
• "Don't you be downhearted, my lad," he said. —  First in the Field A Story of New South Wales
• I sold my share in the mine to Olaf Svard for one hundred dollars He looked very downhearted, and the minister left him standing there with tears in his eyes When the minister reached home, he sent a servant to Olaf Svard and his brother asking them to come to the manse that he might tell them the nature of their find. —  Short Stories of Various Types
• When I was downhearted, and when anything made me glad; when I was weary and when I was most full of life; its grand head in the skies told me of truth and righteousness and strength; the light and colours that played and rested there, as it held, the sun's beams and gave them back to earth, were a sort of promise to me of beauty and life above and beyond this earth; yes, and of its substantial existence now, even when we do not see it. —  Daisy in the Field

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