10
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From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
15
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From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
5
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From this reading Grief melts away, 5 Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Grief melts away, 5 Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
in addition to; as well as
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
blownadjectiveUS /bloʊn/
being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
chiming
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From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Grief melts away, 5 Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Who would have thought my shrivelled heart Could have recovered greenness?
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
demeanverbUS /dɪˈmiːn/
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
departverbUS /dɪˈpɑːrt/
move away from a place into another direction
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
e'enadverb
even
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
frostsnounUS /frɔːsts/
plural of “frost” — ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
destroyed or killed
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
greennessnounUS /ˈɡriːnnəs/
the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
From this reading Who would have thought my shrivelled heart Could have recovered greenness?
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading Grief melts away, 5 Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Who would have thought my shrivelled heart Could have recovered greenness?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Who would have thought my shrivelled heart Could have recovered greenness?
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
How
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From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Grief melts away, 5 Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
KillingnounUS /ˈkɪlɪŋ/
an event that causes someone to die
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
late-past
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From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Grief melts away, 5 Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
LXXXIadjective
being one more than eighty
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Grief melts away, 5 Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
meltsnounUS /melts/
plural of “melt” — the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
From this reading Grief melts away, 5 Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
mother-root
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From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Who would have thought my shrivelled heart Could have recovered greenness?
not any; not one
From this reading Grief melts away, 5 Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
possession of controlling influence
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
quickeningnounUS /ˈkwɪkənɪŋ/
the process of showing signs of life
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
freed from illness or injury
From this reading Who would have thought my shrivelled heart Could have recovered greenness?
returnsnounUS /rɪˈtɜːrnz/
plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
shrivelledadjective
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
From this reading Who would have thought my shrivelled heart Could have recovered greenness?
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading Grief melts away, 5 Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
the season of growth
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Grief melts away, 5 Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Grief melts away, 5 Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
a special situation
From this reading Grief melts away, 5 Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Who would have thought my shrivelled heart Could have recovered greenness?
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
tributesnounUS /ˈtrɪbjuːts/
plural of “tribute” — something given or done as an expression of esteem
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
not known
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Grief melts away, 5 Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
at the time that
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
in or at the place that
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading LXXXI _THE FLOWER._ How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! e’en as the flowers in spring; To which, besides their own demean, The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring.
which person or people
From this reading Who would have thought my shrivelled heart Could have recovered greenness?
wondersnounUS /ˈwʌndərz/
plural of “wonder” — the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading These are thy wonders, Lord of power, 15 Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour; Making a chiming of a passing bell.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart 10 To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Who would have thought my shrivelled heart Could have recovered greenness?
