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John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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noun

A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

Writers often choose access when discussing complex ideas.

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cents

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/sɛn/Used In Literature ↓

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.

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. centsper centscents fivecents fiftycents tencents twocents percents three
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Poetry examples for cents

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Person Service—Person service is available at toll rates (not message unit service rates) applicable thereto over routes having station rates of 10. cents or more

or message unit rates of 3 message units or more.

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running my eye down those huge, handwritten menus, where a

tiny side-dish of peas costs fifty or sixty cents, until I'd picked the

richest, most expensive dishes and ordered a string of them.

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