I seemed to be upon the verge of comprehension without power to comprehend—men, at times, find themselves upon the brink of remembrance without being able, in the end, to remember.
Year: 2020
The Tantalus Death by Ross Rocklynne
The Japanese Sectional governor rose, and said, sucking in his breath, “Why does not the thirsty Olduk speak, instead of drinking all the Speaker’s water?”
Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems by Henry Hart Milman
Lived of yore, a raja, Nala,—Virasena’s mighty son,
Gifted he with every virtue,—beauteous, skilled in taming steeds: