"Animae, quibus altera fato Corpora debentur, Lethaei ad fluminis undam Secures latices, et longa oblivia potant."
— Aeneid

January 1, 1970

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Compare: — A slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former state and being forgets— Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. — John Milton, Paradise Lost 2.582