Dreary:

Dull, bleak, and lifeless; depressing: "the dreary routine of working, eating, and trying to sleep"


Quaint:
Attractively unusual or old-fashioned; oddly picturesque;a quaint sense of humor.


Lore:
Body of knowledge; the lore of herbs.


Ember:
The smoldering remains of a fire


Wrought:
worked


Surcease:
To cease


The flame burnt out when I hit high school.