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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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verb

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

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ELEGY IV.

14 lines
John Milton·1608–1674
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his Elegy was written by Milton, in his eighteenthyear, to Thomas Young, his preceptor, then resident atHamburgh. Page 16, line Uui» The sun of Ceres to wild Scy tliia's shore -, It was fabled that Triptolemus, the son of Ceres, jour-neyed into Scythia and other barbarous regions, to instructmankind in agriculture and the use of wheat ; borne in achariot, drawn by winged serpents. Page 17, line 4. So ra41'd from Hama,— Hama was a Saxon champion, killed*, where the city ofHamburgh stands, by a Danish giant. Page '21, tine 2. And Saxon leaders, biavc, preparing deadly arms. In the year 1626^ when this Elegy was written, the dukes
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