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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

(usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.

Writers often choose accommodation when discussing complex ideas.

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dissipate

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/Used In Literature ↓

To drive away, disperse.

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Poetry examples for dissipate

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Her eyes just lifted their long lashes,

As if pressed by fatigue even he could not dissipate, 285

And duly acknowledged the Duke's forethought,

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Even now your features, joys, speech, house, trade, manners,

troubles, follies, costume, crimes, dissipate away from you,

Your true soul and body appear before me.

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