On that fateful morning, poor Madge, her pretty eyes all bedimmed with tears, and her lips tremulous, was with her sisters and mother in the rooms in Bruton Street; the gentlemen only attended the Court.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
Love, unrequited, stings sharply enough; but when it has been promised requital-caressed to full fervour, and deluded by a pseudo-reciprocation-afterwards to have its dust-bedimmed eyes opened to the delusion-then indeed does jealousy become what it has been the fashion to call it-a monster.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
Tears bedimmed his eyes that night For the loss of his delight, Which would all his peace destroy.
"The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales In Verse Together With Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects"
Thomas Cowherd