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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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adjective

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

“accurate knowledge”

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Without for a moment suspecting

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George Herbert·1593–1633
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How _int'rest_ would tell by and bye.= It's true I'd been doing the heavy, `And going a trifle too fast; I've been a most dutiful 'nevvy,'-- `But, uncle, I know thee at last;= I brought thee a gun, and a pistol, `And borrowed a couple of pound, Then exit, and cheerfully whistle `In time to my heart's happy bound.= I thought thee a regular "trimmer," `I thought thee a generous man; I drank to thy health in a brimmer, `And pretty nigh emptied the can.= I went with a mob "to do evil," `I laughed, and I danced, and I sang; Bid sorrow fly off to the Devil, `And care and depression go hang.= I looked on the vintage that's ruby, `I "looked on the wine" that "is red," But 'twasn't mere looking o'erthrew me, `Or made it get into my head.= In spite of the Israelite's warning, `In spite of what Solomon said, You may _look_ from the dusk to the dawning, `And still toddle sober to bed.=
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