Literary notes about unceasing (AI summary)
The word unceasing is often used in literature to heighten the sense of relentless continuation, whether describing an emotion, a natural phenomenon, or a series of actions. It appears in contexts that evoke perpetual passion or sorrow, such as a delirium that persists without break [1] or grief that holds a character in its constant grip [2]. At times, it illustrates the unending progress of mankind or a struggle against overwhelming forces [3, 4]. Poetic works often employ the term to evoke the steady, rhythmic persistence of nature—like the ceaseless murmur of a river or the unending cascade of tears [5, 6]—while prose may use it to highlight continual efforts or suffering, as in the portrayal of labor, prayer, or even torment [7, 8]. This versatile descriptor thus reinforces themes of continuity and inevitability throughout various literary traditions [9, 10].
- And throughout this unceasing delirium, Play may pour, at your will, its molten lead into your veins.
— from The Magic Skin by Honoré de Balzac - Therefore he kept no blind outlook, but watched and swallowed down his children: and unceasing grief seized Rhea.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod - If immortality means anything, it means unceasing progress for individuals and for the race.
— from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I - Shore species are exceedingly abundant, and the struggle for life is there carried on with unceasing strife.
— from The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide
A Guide to the Study of the Seaweeds and the Lower Animal Life Found Between Tide-marks by Augusta Foote Arnold - They could hear the river murmuring and the unceasing chirrup of the grasshoppers.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Beyond lay the sea, misty and purple, with its haunting, unceasing murmur.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery - I will humbly bear my punishment and, like Job, I find consolation in suffering and unceasing toil.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - The thought gnawed in his brain, an unceasing torment, while he smiled and succeeded in being tolerant.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London - But the landlord of Pohyola, Does not heed the words of Ahti, Strikes in fury, strikes unceasing, Ever aiming, ever missing.
— from Kalevala : the Epic Poem of Finland — Complete - From two openings in its southern and eastern sides an unceasing flow of lava poured forth, thus forming two distinct streams.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne