piteous (adj.)
- affecting
- afflictive
- beseeching
- bitter
- bleak
- cheerless
- comfortless
- deplorable
- depressing
- depressive
- dismal
- dismaying
- distressful
- distressing
- doleful
- dolorous
- dreary
- emotional
- grievous
- heartrending
- imploring
- joyless
- lamentable
- melancholy
- miserable
- mournful
- moving
- painful
- pathetic
- pitiable
- pitiful
- plaintive
- poignant
- poor
- regrettable
- rueful
- ruined
- sad
- sharp
- sore
- sorrowful
- tearful
- touching
- uncomfortable
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
The big round tears
Coursed one another down his innocent nose
In piteous chase.
