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

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FRANCE

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Edgar Lee Masters·1868–1950
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rance fallen! France arisen! France of the brave!France of lost hopes! France of Promethean zeal!Napoleon's France, that bruised the despot's heelOf Europe, while the feudal world did rave.Thou France that didst burst through the rock-bound graveWhich Germany and England joined to seal,And undismayed didst seek the human weal,Through which thou couldst thyself and others save--The wreath of amaranth and eternal praise!When every hand was 'gainst thee, so was ours.Freedom remembers, and I can forget:--Great are we by the faith our past betrays,And noble now the great Republic flowersIncarnate with the soul of Lafayette.
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