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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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(usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.

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A.E. Housman·1859–1936
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h fair enough are sky and plain,But I know fairer far:Those are as beautiful againThat in the water are; The pools and rivers wash so cleanThe trees and clouds and air,The like on earth was never seen,And oh that I were there. These are the thoughts I often thinkAs I stand gazing downIn act upon the cressy brinkTo strip and dive and drown; But in the golden-sanded brooksAnd azure meres I spyA silly lad that longs and looksAnd wishes he were I.
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