Of no man else, through eye or ear, Have I discerned a fate more full of fear Than yonder sufferer's of the Cureless wound: Who did no violence, defrauded none:- A just man, had he dwelt among the just Unworthily behold him thrust Alone to hear the billows roar That break around a rugged shore!
"The Seven Plays in English Verse"
Sophocles
Mrs. Sheldon had a kindly and amiable nature, but she was not one of those sensitive souls who instinctively shrink from a story of bitter shame or profound sorrow as from a Cureless wound.
"Charlotte's Inheritance"
M. E. Braddon
So the Diabolus ex machina, the evil genius of each human life decrees that the most cruel Cureless pangs are inflicted by the instruments we love best.
"At the Mercy of Tiberius"
August Evans Wilson