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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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empyrean

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ɛmˈpɪɹi.ən/Used In Literature ↓

The region of pure light and fire; the highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to exist: the same as the ether, the ninth heaven according to ancient astronomy.

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. empyreanheaven empyreanheights empyreanlight empyreanempyrean blueempyrean pureempyrean divine
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