Read full poem →And on another scrap, of next day’s date, was written:—
It was by accident purely I lit on the place; I was returning,
Quietly, travelling homeward by one of these wretched coaches;
Dictionary Entry
Accidental; as the result of some unforeseen happening or series of events; unexpected; resulting from an event without the foresight, expectation, aid, or design of the person by whose agency it was caused; unintentional.
In a Sentence
“That the injury was by accident is not questioned.”
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Poetry examples for “by accident”
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Read full poem →Round what was once a chalk-pit: now it is
By accident an amphitheatre.
Some ash-trees standing ankle-deep in brier
Read full poem →And our wine-skin, tight once, shows each flaccid dent,
I shall drop in with--as if by accident--
"You never knew, then, how it all ended,
Read full poem →_The following_ POEM _came into my Hands by Accident, if the
general Approbation with which this little Piece has been