lo

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The years move swiftly onwards; the deadly shafts fall fast Till all have dropped around him--lo, there he stands,--the last Their faces flit before him, some rosy-hued and fair, Some strong in iron manhood, some worn with toil and care; Their smiles no more shall greet him on cheeks with pleasure flushed!

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  1. interjection Used to attract attention or to show surprise.

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  1. Middle English, from Old English .

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  1. from Middle English lo, loo, from Anglo-Saxon , a common interjection of surprise, calling, or mere greeting. Confusion of , Middle English lo, with lōc, Middle English lok, imperative, look, is supposed to have given lo its now usual implication of ‘behold’; but the difference of form is too great to make any such confusion probable.
 

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