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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 OUTER NATURE

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Thomas Hardy·1840–1928·naturalism
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HOW thee as I thought theeWhen I early sought thee,Omen-scouting,All undoubtingLove alone had wrought thee— Wrought thee for my pleasure,Planned thee as a measureFor expoundingAnd resoundingGlad things that men treasure. O for but a momentOf that old endowment—Light to gailySee thy dailyIrisèd embowment! But such re-adorningTime forbids with scorning—Makes me see thingsCease to be thingsThey were in my morning. Fad’st thou, glow-forsaken,Darkness-overtaken!Thy first sweetness,Radiance, meetness,None shall re-awaken. Why not sempiternalThou and I? Our vernalBrightness keeping,Time outleaping;Passed the hodiernal!
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