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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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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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ANDREW MARVEIL

30 lines
Andrew Marvell·1621–1678
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1 What should he do ? He would respectReligion, but not right neglecL :For first, religion ti-ught him right,And dazzled not, but cleared his sight.Sometioies, resolved, hia sword he draws,But reverenceth theo ihe laws ;For justice stiJ] that courage led,^^Ftrst from a judge, then soldier bred.' ^B XXX j^nmall hooaur would be in the storm ;The Court him granta the hv/fv] Furm,Which ticenHed either peace or force.To tinder the uojusc divorce.Yet Btill the nuns hia right debarred,StandiDg upon their holy guard.I It- counselled wOmCn, do you knowWhom yOU resist, or what you, do ? i Is not this he, whoee offspring fierceShall fight through all the universe iAnd with succesHive valour tryFrance, Poiand, either Germany,Till oBc, 4B long sipce prophesied.His horse through conquered Britain ride?Yet, against fate, his spouse they kept,Aod the great race would intercepC. ■ Sir WiUiiiin Fairfas'a father Wb8 a juiigt, aflii bitgtanclfattci, Sir Gay Fairfax, was LorJ Chief Juiticc ofKing'f Btnch in Henry Vll.'e r«ign
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