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E.E. Cummings

It is said that if the dead who died in the Great

War were placed head to feet, they would stretch

from New York to San Francisco, and from San

Francisco back again to New York; and if those

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come upon

Part of SpeechverbUsed In Literature ↓

To discover or find, especially by chance or accident.

In a Sentence

We came upon the skeleton while we were hiking.

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Poetry examples for come upon

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Chusing to wander like a Son of Zazel in the rocks

Why dost thou curse. is not the curse now come upon your head

Was it not you enslavd the sons of Zazel. & they have cursd

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