English: light, or alight

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Self-tutoring about poetic English: the tutor mentions a find.

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A bird can alight on a branch, or light on it. Either way, the bird settles on the branch.

Source:

Mish, Frederick C (editor). The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004.

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