soul-desponding

Updated: July 26, 2025

At length the exclamation burst forth from his lips, as though the overcharged heart would relieve itself in words: "Oh, my God, pity me!" and he clasped his hands, and pressed them upon his laboring breast, as if to still its tumult. Then came another groan, accompanied by a deep, soul-desponding "Oh!" And the strong man was calm. But such a calmness!

Alvin Addison - Eveline Mandeville : Or, The Horse Thief Rival