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The reproaches which agony extorted; or worse, cureless, uncomplaining depression, when his mind was sunk in a torpor, not the less painful because it was silent and moveless.

From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

Touch'd not in vain!—The faithful tribute brought To cureless grief the lenitive, she sought; And Lushington, thro' tearful anguish, smil'd On truth's memorial of her darling child.

From Poems on Serious and Sacred Subjects Printed only as Private Tokens of Regard, for the Particular Friends of the Author by Hayley, William

At twenty-four life seemed ended, for "Love is a cureless sorrow."

From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)

Rend Subhadra's stony bosom with a mother's cureless grief, Let her follow Abhimanyu and in death obtain relief!

From Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse by Dutt, Romesh

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.

From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)