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abash + -less
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"The abashless inquisition of each star" was the scrutiny that obsessed his ways, the impertinence that he suffered most; for he had the magnitude of soul that hungered for placement, and the plague of two masters was on him.
Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Marsden Hartley
hernesheir commented on the word abashless
"I had endured through watches of the dark
The abashless inquisition of each star."
Francis Thompson (1859-1907) The Poppy
September 25, 2009