She could not see well, and the box-bed was dark, so she did not at first recognize Cosmo, but the moment she suspected who it was, she too uttered a cry-the cry of old age, feeble and wailful.
"Warlock o' Glenwarlock"
George MacDonald
A wailful host were the wives of his raftsmen widowed there by her watery music!
"The Short Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009
A holy storm o'er earth and billow Is rushing through the midnight hour; To stir the sleeper from his pillow, It roars round city, camp, and tower, In wailful cry from battlements,- Up, tardy Christian, get thee hence.
"Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance."
Friedrich von Hardenberg