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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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adjective

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

“accurate knowledge”

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What vaileth truth?!

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Thomas Wyatt
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hat vaileth truth? or by it to take pain,To strive by steadfastness for to attainTo be just and true and flee from doubleness;Sithens all alike, where ruleth craftiness,Rewarded is both false and plain?Soonest he speedeth that most can feign;True-meaning heart is had in disdain.Against deceit and doubleness,What vaileth truth? Deceived is he by crafty trainThat meaneth no guile and doth remainWithin the trap without redress.But for to love, lo, such a mistress,Whose cruelty nothing can refrain,What vaileth truth?
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