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After Two Nights of the Ear-ache

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By Farnsworth Wright
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The narrator recounts two nights of torment from an unrelenting earache and the resulting insomnia, treating sleep as desired oblivion that would erase pain and temporal continuity. The piece mixes sensory description with contemplative, poetic reflections on suffering, memory, and the longing for release, moving between acute physical detail and quiet philosophical observation.

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Title: After Two Nights of the Ear-ache

Author: Farnsworth Wright

Release date: May 20, 2010 [eBook #32458]

Language: English

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After Two Nights of the Ear-Ache

By FRANCIS HARD

[Transcriber Note: This etext was produced from Weird Tales October 1937. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

Most gentle Sleep! Two nights I wooed in vain;
 Thou wouldst not come to banish racking pain:
 For what is Sleep but Life in stone bound fast?
 Oblivion of the Present, Future, Past.