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New wants, and wealth from those who toil and groan,
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As the door closed behind him, he heard a deep groan,
Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various
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From the land and from the ocean, that the burdened billows groan,
Mosaics of Grecian History Marcius Willson
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The spade hath gnarled and knotted, born to groan,
Theocritus, translated into English Verse 300 BC-260 BC Theocritus
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QUOTATION: He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan,
Quotations 1919
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Rumble John! rumble John, mount the steps with a groan,
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For though just at present I can do nothing but sigh & groan,
Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Marie Conway Oemler 1905
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Whiniver they rub too hard an 'th' tariff begins to groan,
Mr. Dooley Says Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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They were the last words he uttered that night, for suddenly the other lantern went out, there was a rush and a struggle, a muffled groan,
The Right of Way — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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I thowt some sang varra weel, while others did grunt an 'groan,
Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems Frederic William Moorman 1895
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