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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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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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III

30 lines
Samuel Taylor Coleridge·1772–1834
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ecause the point A. is the centreOf the circular B. C. D.And because the point B. is the centreOf the circular A. C. E. 35A. C. to A. B. and B. C. to B. A.Harmoniously equal for ever must stay;Then C. A. and B. C.Both extend the kind handTo the basis, A. B. 40Unambitiously join'd in Equality's Band.But to the same powers, when two powers are equal,My mind forbodes the sequel;My mind does some celestial impulse teach,And equalises each to each. 45Thus C. A. with B. C. strikes the same sure alliance,That C. A. and B. C. had with A. B. before;And in mutual affianceNone attempting to soarAbove another, 50The unanimous threeC. A. and B. C. and A. B.All are equal, each to his brother,Preserving the balance of power so true:Ah! the like would the proud Autocratrix[23:1] do! 55At taxes impending not Britain would tremble,Nor Prussia struggle her fear to dissemble;Nor the Mah'met-sprung WightThe great MussulmanWould stain his Divan 60With Urine the soft-flowing daughter of Fright.
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