A Method of a Cloak
A single climb to a line, a straight exchange to a cane, a desperateadventure and courage and a clock, all this which is a system, which hasfeeling, which has resignation and success, all makes an attractiveblack silver.
Words in this poem
- desperate a.
- Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [L. desperatus, p. p. of desperare. See Despair, and cf. Desperado.]
- resignation n.
- The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission. [F. résignation. See Resign.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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