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- noun astronomy
Stars not included in anyconstellation .
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Examples
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In space, the sporades, the scatterd islands, the starson the firm earth, the lands, my lands;
American Feuillage 1900
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In space, the sporades, the scattered islands, the stars
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In space the sporades, the scatter'd islands, the stars -- on the firm earth, the lands, my lands,
The Patriotic Poems of Walt Whitman Walt Whitman 1855
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In space the sporades, the scatter'd islands, the stars -- on the firm earth, the lands, my lands,
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855
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In space, the sporades, the scattered islands, the stars -- on the firm earth, the lands, my lands!
Poems By Walt Whitman Walt Whitman 1855
Sim427 commented on the word sporades
The certainty of space, increase, freedom, futurity,
In space, the sporades, the scatter’d islands, the stars—on the firm earth, the
lands, my
lands;
Walt Whitman - American Feuillage
September 22, 2018