surcease of sorrow

"...
Eagerly I wished the morrow -- vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow -- sorrow for the lost Lenore --
..."
[Edgar Allen Poe, 'The Raven']
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successfully *i* have have sought to borrow it, however; my books are pretty much the only thing getting me through.

(and videos, too, when i'm disinclined to read.)

Lenore? she's better reduced to a memory.

so not for Lenore; for nothing.