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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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In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

“He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.”

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TO THE LADY MARGARET LEY.

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John Milton·1608–1674
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aughter to that good Earl, once PresidentOf England's Council and her Treasury,Who lived in both unstained with gold or fee,And left them both, more in himself content,Till the sad breaking of that Parliament 5Broke him, as that dishonest victoryAt Chaeronea, fatal to liberty,Killed with report that old man eloquent,Though later born than to have known the daysWherein your father flourished, yet by you, 10Madam, methinks I see him living yet:So well your words his noble virtues praiseThat all both judge you to relate them trueAnd to possess them, honored Margaret.
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