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As Emily Dickinson expressed it: “Within its reach, though yet ungrasped / Desire’s perfect Goal – / No nearer – lest the Actual – / should disenthrall my soul – ”

From The Guardian • May 22, 2020

"The holy grail of such television – a marquee to stand alongside Jon Stewart-era Daily Show or John Oliver's Last Week Tonight – remains, on this Atlantic shore, ungrasped," wrote The Guardian newspaper.

From Reuters • Mar. 16, 2017

He stretched out the hand of British friendship, begging India to "accept and trust" it, but the proffered hand hung limp and ungrasped in the hot air of New Delhi.

From Time Magazine Archive

Within its hope, though yet ungrasped   Desire's perfect goal, No nearer, lest reality   Should disenthrall thy soul.

From Poems by Emily Dickinson, Third Series by Todd, Mabel Loomis

And if perchance some fleeting memories steal, Like far-off echoes to my dreaming ear, Away, ungrasped, the cheating visions wheel, As spectres start upon the wing of fear.

From Poems by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)