When, in 1704, the news of Blenheim oozed out, the king's grief was piteous to see. |
He was crying into his lovely black feathers a piteous sound that tore at Star's heart. |
As the end neared, she lapsed into a semi-consciousness of raving and then piteous wailing. |
So I'm bent by such grievous tortures, painful to suffer, piteous to behold. |
The songbirds had returned, but their calls sounded ever so plaintive and piteous. |
He'd long forgotten most of the words of this piteous lament, but that was no obstacle. |