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Then long-forgotten things, like 'sunken wrack and sumless treasuries,' burst upon my eager sight, and I begin to feel, think, and be myself again.

From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by Hazlitt, William

The sumless tale of sorrow Is all unrolled in vain: May comes to-morrow And Ludlow fair again.

From Last Poems by A. E. Housman by Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward)

Yet by quoting passages, like this, from his second-rate plays alone, we might make a volume 'rich with his praise',      As is the oozy bottom of the sea      With sunken wrack and sumless treasuries.

From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by Hazlitt, William

Even I am weary in yon skies to watch thy fading fire: test of all sumless agonies, behold not me expire!

From The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems by Various