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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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noun

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

a king's accession to a confederacy

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come hell or high water

Part of Speechadverb

Regardless of the hardships.

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The pioneers were determined to build a community in the wilderness come hell or high water.

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