Meaning of wellaway | Babel Free

Definitions

Expression of sadness, regret, remorse, etc., alas, "woe"!

archaic, literary

Examples

“Crying with pitteous voice, and count'nance wan; / Ah well away, most noble Lords, how can / Your cruell eyes endure so pitteous sight [...]?”

“Replied the Angel, "Wellaway! Wellaway! this may be in no way." And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say⟳ her permitted say⟳. When it was the Four Hundred and Sixtyfourth Night, She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious ...”

“Wellaway, wellaway, ah, wellaway! ' As ocean beat⟳ the stone, did she her breast, 'Ah, wellaway! . . ah me ! alas, ah me !' Such sighing uttered she. ii A Cloud spake out of heaven, as soft as rain⟳ That falls on water, — ' Lo, The Winds have⟳ ...”

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