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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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A successful achievement or something that has been done successfully.

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

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THE SUNKEN CROWN

14 lines
Edwin Arlington Robinson·1869–1935
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othing will hold him longer--let him go;Let him go down where others have gone down;Little he cares whether we smile or frown,Or if we know, or if we think we know.The call is on him for his overthrow,Say we; so let him rise, or let him drown.Poor fool! He plunges for the sunken crown,And we--we wait for what the plunge may show.Well, we are safe enough. Why linger, then?The watery chance was his, not ours. Poor fool!Poor truant, poor Narcissus out of school;Poor jest of Askelon; poor king of men.--The crown, if he be wearing it, may coolHis arrogance, and he may sleep again.
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