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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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Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

“accurate knowledge”

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Abide and Abide and Better Abide

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Thomas Wyatt
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abide and abide and better abide,And after the old proverb, the happy day;And ever my lady to me doth say,"Let me alone and I will provide."I abide and abide and tarry the tide,And with abiding speed well ye may.Thus do I abide I wot alway,Nother obtaining nor yet denied.Ay me! this long abidingSeemeth to me, as who sayeth,A prolonging of a dying death,Or a refusing of a desir'd thing.Much were it better for to be plainThan to say "abide" and yet shall not obtain.
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