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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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noun

A successful achievement or something that has been done successfully.

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

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He felt some need of softening that to me:

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Robert Frost·1874–1963
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hen I was certain I had never meantTo let him have them. Never show surprise!But thirty dollars seemed so small besideThe extent of pasture I should strip, three cents(For that was all they figured out apiece),Three cents so small beside the dollar friendsI should be writing to within the hourWould pay in cities for good trees like those,Regular vestry-trees whole Sunday SchoolsCould hang enough on to pick off enough.A thousand Christmas trees I didn't know I had!Worth three cents more to give away than sell,As may be shown by a simple calculation.Too bad I couldn't lay one in a letter.I can't help wishing I could send you one,In wishing you herewith a Merry Christmas.
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