Defeated

She   went back to her cottage, and sat there,

no   light   lit,

and stared at the floor.

-- James Michener, Poland (1983), p. 510

And   I   too   soon

found  I   had   cause,

for greater

and deeper

grief .  .   .    .     .      .

-- Richardson, Pamela (1740)

If I were to sit under a tree

and tell you the sadness we have to suffer,

the leaves of that tree

would fall like tears.

-- Indian sex-worker, profiled in “Serving the Goddess”, The New Yorker, 4 Aug 2008