The glorious sunrise was a nepenthe for the nightmares of the previous night. From LearnThat.org.
Egyptians they found something they called nepenthe, and the Theban women knew how to compound it. From Wordnik.com. [New Tabernacle Sermons] Reference
Written references to what Homer called nepenthe, the "potent destroyer of grief," date to the ninth century BC. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
Quaff, oh quaff this kind of nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Senators Clinton and Schumer Read "The Raven" - January 30, 2001] Reference
Soothed by "nepenthe," all retire to rest, and when morning dawns. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Epic] Reference
The old nepenthe of the bottle had seized upon her. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan] Reference
The nepenthe plant simulated that flattening, briefly. From Wordnik.com. [The Fate of the Phoenix]
Then came nepenthe and scholium, aleatoric and consuetude. From Wordnik.com. [Pool of National Spelling Bee competitors whittled down to 48] Reference
Respite, respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886] Reference
Respite – respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!. From Wordnik.com. [USPS Stamp Commemorates Edgar Allan Poe’s 200th Birthday] Reference
My name would be - (un) - nepenthe instead of (BoD) nepenthe. From Wordnik.com. [kevynwight Diary Entry] Reference
The effects of the nepenthe drug were very profound, but brief. From Wordnik.com. [The Fate of the Phoenix]
Alcohol and morphine -- nepenthe means numbing the soul, numbing your soul. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 20, 2004] Reference
Omne roped the Human to him and bit into the nectar-pod of the nepenthe flower. From Wordnik.com. [The Fate of the Phoenix]
"Take some -- 'Quaff, oh, quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget thy lost Lenore.'". From Wordnik.com. [The American Baron] Reference
And in spite of the nepenthe the rest of me still felt fresh from a cement mixer. From Wordnik.com. [Forfeit]
With an assenting gesture he mixed me a small bottle full of disprin and nepenthe. From Wordnik.com. [Forfeit]
It was "daffodil time," and every gold cup held nepenthe for the nightmare dream of winter. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
Tonio gave me one penetrating look, an armchair, and a medicine glass of disprin and nepenthe. From Wordnik.com. [Forfeit]
“Slumber—that blessed but fickle benefactress—withheld her sweet nepenthe from my soul.”. From Wordnik.com. [Nevermore] Reference
Respiterespite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore. From Wordnik.com. [The Raven] Reference
Respite - respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!. From Wordnik.com. [Clareified] Reference
Respite -- respite and nepenthe from my memories of Lenore!. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library] Reference
Respite -- respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader] Reference
Respite -- respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5] Reference
Perhaps it was a berry of the nepenthe, which brought oblivion. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt] Reference
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore! '. From Wordnik.com. [Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day] Reference
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore! '. From Wordnik.com. [Storynory - Stories For Kids] Reference
This particular preparation of valerian is nepenthe for the nerves. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop's Secret] Reference
Overcome by the power of the nepenthe-juice, the king at last slumbered. From Wordnik.com. [King Candaules] Reference
Alas! but I had the glass at my side, and for me nepenthe was mixed with. From Wordnik.com. [The Purple Cloud] Reference
Repeat that air; it fascinates, benumbs me, it takes away my memory like a cup of nepenthe. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt] Reference
A year before he was taken from my life and Matty Ice was provided like nepenthe for the damned. From Wordnik.com. [Snarkastic] Reference
Faithful author of that sweet nepenthe which deadens all the ills that married folks are heir to. From Wordnik.com. [All About Coffee] Reference
Lay thy annulling seal upon the o'erlabored heart: drop thy healing nepenthe into the weary brain. From Wordnik.com. [War and the Weird] Reference
In sorrow, John's herald of peace is Baedeker: the dispenser of John's true nepenthe is Mr. Murray. From Wordnik.com. [Aylwin] Reference
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