leaden-eyed

adj

literary heavy-eyed; dull-eyed

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Translations

leaden-eyed

[ˌlednˈaɪd] ADJ to be leaden-eyed → tener los párpados pesados

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It is the world's one crime its babes grow dull, Its poor are ox-like, limp and leaden-eyed....

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"The Leaden-Eyed" was published in Lindsay's The Congo and Other Poems (1915).

The Leaden-Eyed Let not young souls be smothered out before They do quaint deeds and fully flaunt their pride.