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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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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

“He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.”

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SMILINDA.

14 lines
Alexander Pope·1688–1744
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ut ah! what aggravates the killing smart,The cruel thought, that stabs me to the heart;This cursed Ombrelia, this undoing fair,By whose vile arts this heavy grief I bear;She, at whose name I shed these spiteful tears,She owes to me the very charms she wears.An awkward thing, when first she came to town;Her shape unfashion'd, and her face unknown: 60She was my friend; I taught her first to spreadUpon her sallow cheeks enlivening red:I introduced her to the park and plays;And, by my interest, Cozens made her stays.Ungrateful wretch! with mimic airs grown pert,She dares to steal my favourite lover's heart.
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