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

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WHO DESERTED HIM IN QUEST OF A MORE WEALTHY HUSBAND IN THE EAST INDIES

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge·1772–1834
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he dubious light sad glimmers o'er the sky:'Tis silence all. By lonely anguish torn,With wandering feet to gloomy groves I fly,And wakeful Love still tracks my course forlorn. And will you, cruel Julia! will you go? 5And trust you to the Ocean's dark dismay?Shall the wide wat'ry world between us flow?And winds unpitying snatch my Hopes away? Thus could you sport with my too easy heart?Yet tremble, lest not unaveng'd I grieve! 10The winds may learn your own delusive art,And faithless Ocean smile--but to deceive! 1792. FOOTNOTES: [36:1] First published in 1893, from _MS. Letter_, Feb. 13 [1792]. WITH FIELDING'S 'AMELIA'[37:1] Virtues and Woes alike too great for manIn the soft tale oft claim the useless sigh;For vain the attempt to realise the plan,On Folly's wings must Imitation fly.With other aim has Fielding here display'd 5Each social duty and each social care;With just yet vivid colouring portray'dWhat every wife should be, what many are.And sure the Parent[37:2] of a race so sweetWith double pleasure on the page shall dwell, 10Each scene with sympathizing breast shall meet,While Reason still with smiles delights to tellMaternal hope, that her loved progenyIn all but sorrows shall Amelias be! ? 1792. FOOTNOTES: [37:1] First published in 1834. [37:2] It is probable that the recipient of the _Amelia_ was the motherof Coleridge's first love, Mary Evans. LINENOTES:
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