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Chapter XI · Chapter 11

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SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

‘I am challenged by a gallant, Who resolves to try my talent; Who he is I cannot say, But I hope to show him play.’

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Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Robert [Editor] Bell

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Chapter XI

Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the is here in full — 16 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER. Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems. At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach. Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought. ‘I am challenged by a gallant, Who resolves to try my talent; Who he is I cannot say, But I hope to show him play.’

Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the is here in full — 16 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/3 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

Line 2

Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

Line 3

At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

Line 4

Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

Line 5

‘I am challenged by a gallant, Who resolves to try my talent; Who he is I cannot say, But I hope to show him play.’

All words in this reading · 84

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A

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

adorning

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

am

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and

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From this reading Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

APPOINTMENT

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

approach

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From this reading At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

asked

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From this reading Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

At

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From this reading At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

beams

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

bottom

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From this reading At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

bower

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

bright

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

brought

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From this reading Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

But

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BY

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

came

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

cannot

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challenged

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coach

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From this reading At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

Covered

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From this reading Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

crystal

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From this reading At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

did

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From this reading At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

Early

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

Every

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

fair

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

FIGHT

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

fountain

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From this reading At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

friend

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From this reading Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

gallant

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From this reading ‘I am challenged by a gallant, Who resolves to try my talent; Who he is I cannot say, But I hope to show him play.’

gilded

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From this reading At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

GROVE

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

had

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From this reading Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

he

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From this reading Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

HER

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

HIM

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

his

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

hope

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From this reading ‘I am challenged by a gallant, Who resolves to try my talent; Who he is I cannot say, But I hope to show him play.’

HOW

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

I

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IN

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

is

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From this reading ‘I am challenged by a gallant, Who resolves to try my talent; Who he is I cannot say, But I hope to show him play.’

it

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

lady

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

left

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From this reading At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

lover

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From this reading Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

mask

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From this reading Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

MET

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

morning

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

mountain

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From this reading At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

my

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From this reading ‘I am challenged by a gallant, Who resolves to try my talent; Who he is I cannot say, But I hope to show him play.’

Near

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From this reading At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

OBLIGED

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

of

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From this reading At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

on

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

OR

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

Phoebus

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

play

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From this reading ‘I am challenged by a gallant, Who resolves to try my talent; Who he is I cannot say, But I hope to show him play.’

pleasant

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From this reading At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

resolves

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say

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seems

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

SHE

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

show

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From this reading ‘I am challenged by a gallant, Who resolves to try my talent; Who he is I cannot say, But I hope to show him play.’

SHOWING

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

So

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From this reading Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

sought

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From this reading Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

summer's

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

talent

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talking

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From this reading Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

that

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From this reading Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

The

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

There

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From this reading At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

THEY

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

TO

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

try

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From this reading ‘I am challenged by a gallant, Who resolves to try my talent; Who he is I cannot say, But I hope to show him play.’

walking

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From this reading Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

was

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

WED

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

When

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

WHERE

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From this reading SHOWING HOW THEY MET BY APPOINTMENT IN A GROVE, WHERE SHE OBLIGED HIM TO FIGHT OR WED HER.

While

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From this reading At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach.

Who

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From this reading ‘I am challenged by a gallant, Who resolves to try my talent; Who he is I cannot say, But I hope to show him play.’

whom

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From this reading Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking With a friend that he had brought; So she asked him whom he sought.

with

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From this reading Early on a summer’s morning, When bright Phoebus was adorning Every bower with his beams, The fair lady came, it seems.

Chapter 11 of Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the by Robert [Editor] Bell holds 16 sentences, grouped into 4 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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