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Appeared in the May 1, 2026, print edition as 'Iran Grasps for Solution to U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

I am here I—What cowering agitation Grasps thee, the demigod!

From Faust — Part 1 by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

Kind, gentle Osborne! half a century Has silver'd o'er the crisp and yellow locks Of thy young auditor, but memory still Grasps the torn record of my weary life.

From Poems by Betham, Matilda

Again, Grasps he the Bolt? we ask, when he has hurl’d the Flame.

From An apology for the study of northern antiquities by Elstob, Elizabeth

A bearded man, Armed to the teeth, art thou; one mailèd hand Grasps the broad shield, and one the sword; thy brow, Glorious in beauty though it be, is scarred With tokens of old wars.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various