a1644 F. Quarles (1645) Sol. v. 25 Nor let thy sorrow-melted heart bemone Thy banisht bondslave.
1794 R. Cumberland (ed. 2) iii. i. 35 Cannot you allow for a fond sorrow-melted [ed. 1 sorrow, melted] heart in me?
a1887 B. R. Anderson in J. M. E. Saxby (1888) 36 Our hearts sorrow-melted and aching, Saw a strange mystic light in his eyes.