Careful Words

unhappy (adj.)

For old, unhappy, far-off things,

And battles long ago.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850): The Solitary Reaper.

A strong nor'-wester's blowing, Bill!

Hark! don't ye hear it roar now?

Lord help 'em, how I pities them

Unhappy folks on shore now!

William Pitt (—— -1840): The Sailor's Consolation.

  We are never so happy or so unhappy as we suppose.

Isaac De Benserade (1612-1691): Maxim 49.

As if Misfortune made the throne her seat,

And none could be unhappy but the great.

Nicholas Rowe (1673-1718): The Fair Penitent. Prologue.

None think the great unhappy but the great.

Edward Young (1684-1765): Love of Fame. Satire i. Line 238.

Oh, pity human woe!

'T is what the happy to the unhappy owe.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The Odyssey of Homer. Book vii. Line 198.