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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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noun

A successful achievement or something that has been done successfully.

“Winning the science fair was a great accomplishment for Sarah.”

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It must have fallen upon her head

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Andrew Marvell·1621–1678
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PON APPLETON HOUSE. 13 And yet, how well soever meant.With them 'twould soon grow fraudulent ;For like themselves they alter all,And vice infects the very wall ;But sure those buildings last not long,Founded by folly, kept by wrong.I know what fruit their gardens yield,When they it think by night concealed. 220 Fly from their vices : 'tis thy state.Not thee, that they would consecrate.Fly from their ruin : how I fear.Though guiltless, lest thou perish there ! "What should he do ? He would respectReligion, but not right neglect :For first, religion taught him right,And dazzled not, but cleared his sight.Sometimes, resolved, his sword he draws,But reverenceth then the laws ; 230 For justice still that courage led.First from a judge, then soldier bred.Small honour would be in the stomi ;The court him grants the lawful form.Which licensed either peace or force.To hinder the unjust divorce.Yet still the nuns ^is right debarred.Standing upon their holy guard.Ill-counselled women, do you knowWhom you resist, or what you do ? 240 Is not this he, whose offspring fierce
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