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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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“Winning the science fair was a great accomplishment for Sarah.”

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MEETING AT NIGHT

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Robert Browning·1812–1889
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he gray sea and the long black land;And the yellow half-moon large and low;And the startled little waves that leapIn fiery ringlets from their sleep,As I gain the cove with pushing prow, 5And quench its speed i' the slushy sand. Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;Three fields to cross till a farm appears;A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratchAnd blue spurt of a lighted match, 10And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears,Than the two hearts beating each to each!
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