Skelton, the poet laureate, in an elegy, lamented his "dolourous death."
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
Many a dolourous complaint did Neal make upon the misfortune of having none to wish him ill; and what rendered this hardship doubly oppressive was the unlucky fact that no exertions of his, however offensive, could procure him a single foe.
"Stories by English Authors: Ireland"
Various
Aye, said the king, it is a dolourous topic-very painful!
"Helmet of Navarre"
Bertha Runkle