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In some senses, lorn is marked as obsolete, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
lorn
UK /lɔːn/ US /lɔɹn/
adj 2name 1
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many
VERB + LORN
breathed
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
1
Doomed; lost.
2
Abandoned, forlorn, lonely.
I loue thilke laſſe, (alas why do I loue:) / And am forlorne, (alas why am I lorne:) / Shee deignes not my good will, but doth reproue, / And of my rurall muſick holdeth ſcorne.
Yet, trust me, Memory's warmest sighs / Are often breathed in moments lorn— / And many a feeling thought will rise / And in the bosom die unborn.
name
1
A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
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I loue thilke laſſe, (alas why do I loue:) / And am forlorne, (alas why am I lorne:) / Shee deignes not my good will, but doth reproue, / And of my rurall muſick holdeth ſcorne.
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Yet, trust me, Memory's warmest sighs / Are often breathed in moments lorn— / And many a feeling thought will rise / And in the bosom die unborn.
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The mighty river flowing dark and deep, / With ebb and flood from the remote sea-tides / Vague-sounding through the City's sleepless sleep, / Is named the River of the Suicides; / For night by night s
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