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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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Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.

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WRITTEN BY ELLEN LOUISA TUCKER SHORTLY BEFORE

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Ralph Waldo Emerson·1803–1882·Western philosophy
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ove scatters oilOn Life's dark sea,Sweetens its toil--Our helmsman he. Around him hoverOdorous clouds;Under this coverHis arrows he shrouds. The cloud was around me,I knew not whySuch sweetness crowned me.While Time shot by. No pain was within,But calm delight,Like a world without sin,Or a day without night. The shafts of the godWere tipped with down,For they drew no blood,And they knit no frown. I knew of them notUntil Cupid laughed loud,And saying "You're caught!"Flew off in the cloud. O then I awoke,And I lived but to sigh,Till a clear voice spoke,--And my tears are dry.
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