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Now, full of diligence and attention; but once of anxiety.
The stretes of Sion mourn; her priests make lamentacions, her maydens are carefull, and she herself is in great hevynesse.—Lament. i. 4. Coverdale.
He shall be as a tree planted by the waters, ... and shall not be careful in the year of drought.—Jer. xvii. 8. (A.V.)
Pale as he is, here lay him down,
Oh, lay his cold head on my pillow;
Take off, take off, these bridal weeds,
And crown my careful head with willow.
Hamilton, The Braes of Yarrow.
This petition is a remedy against this wicked carefulness of men when they seek how to get their livings, in such wise like as if there was no God at all.—Latimer, Sermons, p. 400.