I suppose I shall forget all these groups-and, colours, and expressions, in time-that is the gall and the wormwood of seeing beauty; I'd fain remember them longer and more vividly than I do.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
It was bad enough to be held up, but to be held up by a woman was gall and wormwood to their reckless natures.
"If Any Man Sin"
H. A. Cody
There was Beryl, lonely in that building over yonder, and he himself a dejected outcast, with the future holding not a ray of hope, and the past only gall and wormwood.
"If Any Man Sin"
H. A. Cody