waxen

• His face was waxen, and he looked utterly small and harmless What happened?" —  Unwise Child
• Her face was pale, waxen, almost spiritual in its expression, and she looked at me with just the most pitiably sweet smile in the world I'm sorry I startled you; but I wanted to thank you for your letter and for your sympathy It was the same clear voice, with the throb of tender feeling in it You see, I'm all alone now." —  The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance
• Darkness and silence had assumed their undisturbed dominion, for the waxen tapers left burning on the altar lighted but a few yards round, leaving the nave and cloisters in impenetrable gloom. —  The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History
• I am coming, Marion, instantly Upstairs her wedding dress, a soft cloud of rich silk and fleecy lace, relieved with knots of flowers, dark-leaved myrtle, and waxen orange blossoms, lies spread out upon her bed. —  Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance
• Awake! for the day grows late And deeds by the door are passing, nor the Norns will have them wait Then Regin groaned and wakened, sad-eyed and heavy-browed And weary and worn was he waxen, as a man by a burden bowed And he spake: "Hast thou hearkened, Sigurd, wilt thou help a man that is old To avenge him for his father? —  The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs

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