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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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The Mill-Pond

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Edward Thomas
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HE sun blazed while the thunder yetAdded a boom:A wagtail flickered bright overThe mill-pond's gloom: Less than the cooing in the alderIsles of the poolSounded the thunder through that plungeOf waters cool. Scared starlings on the aspen tipPast the black millOutchattered the stream and the next roarFar on the hill. As my feet dangling teased the foamThat slid belowA girl came out. "Take care!" she said--Ages ago. She startled me, standing quite closeDressed all in white:Ages ago I was angry tillShe passed from sight. Then the storm burst, and as I crouchedTo shelter, howBeautiful and kind, too, she seemed,As she does now!
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