And the L God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly thou shalt go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDGenesis 3:14^15.

And unto Adam he said,Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which Icommandedthee, saying,Thoushalt noteatof it: cursed istheground for thysake; insorrowshaltthoueat of it all the days of thy life.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Genesis 3:17.

We are cursed,Waldo, born cursed from the time our mothersbring usintotheworld tilltheshroudsare puton us.

-Iron
  Lyndall.The Story of an African Farm, ch.17,'Lyndall'.

I who have cursed The drunken officer of British rule, how choose Between this Africa and the English tongue I love? Betray them both, or give back what they give? How can I face such slaughter and be cool? How can I turn from Africa and live?

-Walcott, Derek Alton
  In a Green Night,'A Far Cry from Africa'.