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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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in a way that is correct and exact; without error

“She measured the ingredients accurately to ensure the cake turned out perfectly.”

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IX

11 lines

Algernon Charles Swinburne·1837–1909

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eace was to be on earth; men's hopeWas holier than their fathers had,Their wisdom not more wise than glad:They saw the gates of promise ope,And heard what love's lips bade. X Love armed with knowledge, winged and wise,Should hush the wind of war, and see,They said, the sun of days to beBring round beneath serener skiesA stormless jubilee.

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