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Chapter 3 of A Treasury of War Poetry is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss. It is the cause, the cause, my soul! which sanctifies all this. Ride, Cossacks, ride! Charge, Turcos, charge! The fateful hour has come.
Chapter 3 of A Treasury of War Poetry is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “cossack” — a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia
From this reading “Ride, Cossacks, ride!”
look down on with disdain
From this reading “Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.”
having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
From this reading “The fateful hour has come.”
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
From this reading “Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.”
make furious
From this reading “Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.”
a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously
From this reading “Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.”
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading “Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.”
third-person singular of “simulate” — reproduce someone's behavior or looks
From this reading “Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.”
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Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
(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 is the cause, the cause, my soul! which sanctifies all this.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
a state of extreme happiness
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
a woman who has recently been married
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading It is the cause, the cause, my soul! which sanctifies all this.
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading Charge, Turcos, charge!
plural of “claim” — an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
plural of “column” — a line of units following one after another
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The fateful hour has come.
plural of “cossack” — a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia
From this reading Ride, Cossacks, ride!
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
look down on with disdain
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
From this reading The fateful hour has come.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The fateful hour has come.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading The fateful hour has come.
make furious
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is the cause, the cause, my soul! which sanctifies all this.
a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It is the cause, the cause, my soul! which sanctifies all this.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading Ride, Cossacks, ride!
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From this reading It is the cause, the cause, my soul! which sanctifies all this.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
third-person singular of “simulate” — reproduce someone's behavior or looks
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading It is the cause, the cause, my soul! which sanctifies all this.
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It is the cause, the cause, my soul! which sanctifies all this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Charge, Turcos, charge!
in or at the place that
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It is the cause, the cause, my soul! which sanctifies all this.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading Relentless, savage, hot, and grim the infuriate columns press Where terror simulates disdain and danger is largess, Where greedy youth claims death for bride and agony seems bliss.
Chapter 3 of A Treasury of War Poetry by George Herbert [Editor] Clarke holds 368 sentences, grouped into 74 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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