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abode
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
actual
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
All
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The introductory poem is an original translation from the Norwegian of the poem_ JEG SAA HAM SOM BARN.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
appeared
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
BARN
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From this reading The introductory poem is an original translation from the Norwegian of the poem_ JEG SAA HAM SOM BARN.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
beckoned
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
bowed
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
bravely
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
came
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
childhood
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From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
Cross
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
dear
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From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
death
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
decay
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
declamations
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From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
displayed
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
down
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
Even
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
eye
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From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
fear
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
following
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
forest
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
founded
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The introductory poem is an original translation from the Norwegian of the poem_ JEG SAA HAM SOM BARN.
frown
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
gleam
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From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
great
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
grew
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
HAM
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From this reading The introductory poem is an original translation from the Norwegian of the poem_ JEG SAA HAM SOM BARN.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
head
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
heart-sinkings
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
hills
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From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
HimpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
introductory
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From this reading The introductory poem is an original translation from the Norwegian of the poem_ JEG SAA HAM SOM BARN.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The introductory poem is an original translation from the Norwegian of the poem_ JEG SAA HAM SOM BARN.
Italic
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
JEG
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From this reading The introductory poem is an original translation from the Norwegian of the poem_ JEG SAA HAM SOM BARN.
kissed
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
last
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
light
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
long
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
lost
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
main
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
manhood
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
morning
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
nigh
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
Norwegian
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From this reading The introductory poem is an original translation from the Norwegian of the poem_ JEG SAA HAM SOM BARN.
occurrence
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
occurring
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From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The introductory poem is an original translation from the Norwegian of the poem_ JEG SAA HAM SOM BARN.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
original
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From this reading The introductory poem is an original translation from the Norwegian of the poem_ JEG SAA HAM SOM BARN.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
play
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
plots
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
poem
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From this reading The introductory poem is an original translation from the Norwegian of the poem_ JEG SAA HAM SOM BARN.
poems
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From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
print
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
quickened
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
rainbow
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From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
ranged
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
SAA
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From this reading The introductory poem is an original translation from the Norwegian of the poem_ JEG SAA HAM SOM BARN.
saw
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From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
seemed
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
sense
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
shadows
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
shame
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
sin
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
SOM
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From this reading The introductory poem is an original translation from the Norwegian of the poem_ JEG SAA HAM SOM BARN.
somber
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
some
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
spirit
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
splendornounUS /ˈsplen.dər/
Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.
From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
stars
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
still
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
stories
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
strong
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
strove
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
summer
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
sun
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From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
text
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
thought
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
threatened
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
Thru
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From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
time
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
translation
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From this reading The introductory poem is an original translation from the Norwegian of the poem_ JEG SAA HAM SOM BARN.
two
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _All the stories following, except the last two, have appeared at some time in print The plots are in the main founded upon actual occurrence.
upward
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
used
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From this reading _The poems occurring in the text are original and could be used as declamations._ _In childhood I saw Him, the sun in His eye, Thru the gleam of the rainbow above the dear hills.
visions
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
weight
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From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Even death and decay in His light lost their shame, He beckoned me on, and still upward I strove._ _In manhood I saw Him, when summer grew strong, And sin quickened to fear in the sense of His frown, The death thought me threatened, the shadows grew long, With the weight of heart-sinkings my head was bowed down._
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
Youth
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From this reading To our play as He kissed me the great stars seemed nigh, Yet the Cross in the forest stood somber and still._ _Youth grew to its morning, in visions He came, When the spirit ranged bravely where splendor abode.
