Chapter 1 of Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide! When will you cease? Or shall pain never-ceasing, Seize oh my heart? Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age. What if they do?
Chapter 1 of Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 59/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 291–295
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plural of “assault” — close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
From this reading “Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.”
become of; happen to
From this reading “Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!”
becoming greater or larger
From this reading “Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.”
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
From this reading “Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.”
get by special effort
From this reading “Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.”
a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
From this reading “Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!”
take hold of; grab
From this reading “Or shall pain never-ceasing, Seize oh my heart?”
unaffected by time
From this reading “Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.”
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how long something has existed
From this reading Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.
plural of “assault” — close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
From this reading Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!
become of; happen to
From this reading Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading When will you cease?
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What if they do?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Or shall pain never-ceasing, Seize oh my heart?
plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading What if they do?
becoming greater or larger
From this reading Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.
marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
From this reading Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!
in order that something should not happen
From this reading Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.
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From this reading Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
From this reading Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Or shall pain never-ceasing, Seize oh my heart?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Or shall pain never-ceasing, Seize oh my heart?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or shall pain never-ceasing, Seize oh my heart?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading Or shall pain never-ceasing, Seize oh my heart?
get by special effort
From this reading Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.
be shown or be found to be
From this reading Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.
a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
From this reading Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!
take hold of; grab
From this reading Or shall pain never-ceasing, Seize oh my heart?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Or shall pain never-ceasing, Seize oh my heart?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What if they do?
unaffected by time
From this reading Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.
an old word for “to”
From this reading Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What if they do?
at the time that
From this reading When will you cease?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading When will you cease?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.
but in spite of that
From this reading Oh hopes of love that intimate redress, Yet prove the load-stars unto bad betide!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When will you cease?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh mollify your rage, Lest your assaults with over-swift increasing, Procure my death, or call on timeless age.
Chapter 1 of Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia by Martha Foote [Editor] Crow holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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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