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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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conception

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/kənˈsɛpʃən/Used In Literature ↓

The act of conceiving.

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. conceptionconception immaculateconception new
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Poetry examples for conception

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

'fugitive poetry' ever published in this country, and unsurpassed in

English poetry for subtle conception, masterly ingenuity of

versification, and consistent sustaining of imaginative lift and

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‘fugitive poetry’ ever published in this country, and unsurpassed in

English poetry for subtle conception, masterly ingenuity of versification,

and consistent sustaining of imaginative lift and ‘pokerishness.’ It is

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