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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 SIR HENRY VANE THE YOUNGER.

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John Milton·1608–1674
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ane, young in years, but in sage counsel old,Than whom a better senator ne'er heldThe helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repelledThe fierce Epirot and the African bold,Whether to settle peace, or to unfold 5The drift of hollow states hard to be spelled;Then to advise how war may best, upheld,Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold,In all her equipage; besides, to knowBoth spiritual power and civil, what each means, 10What severs each, thou hast learned, which few have done.The bounds of either sword to thee we owe:Therefore on thy firm hand Religion leansIn peace, and reckons thee her eldest son.
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