Chapter 8 of Elkswatawa is here in full — 329 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Elkswatawa is here in full — 329 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Why art thou thus in beauty cast, O lonely, loneliest flower! When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower? I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!” MRS. HEMANS.
Chapter 8 of Elkswatawa is here in full — 329 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the organic process of bearing flowers
From this reading “I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!””
a framework that supports climbing plants
From this reading “When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower?”
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading “I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!””
lasting for a markedly brief time
From this reading “I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!””
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading ““Why art thou thus in beauty cast, O lonely, loneliest flower!”
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading “When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower?”
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
From this reading “I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!””
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
From this reading “I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!””
In this reading “I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Why art thou thus in beauty cast, O lonely, loneliest flower!
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading “Why art thou thus in beauty cast, O lonely, loneliest flower!
the organic process of bearing flowers
From this reading I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!”
a framework that supports climbing plants
From this reading When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower?
put or send forth
From this reading “Why art thou thus in beauty cast, O lonely, loneliest flower!
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!”
lasting for a markedly brief time
From this reading I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!”
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “Why art thou thus in beauty cast, O lonely, loneliest flower!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!”
an old form of “has”
From this reading When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower?
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HEMANS.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!”
characteristic of humanity
From this reading When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Why art thou thus in beauty cast, O lonely, loneliest flower!
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why art thou thus in beauty cast, O lonely, loneliest flower!
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading “Why art thou thus in beauty cast, O lonely, loneliest flower!
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower?
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 “Why art thou thus in beauty cast, O lonely, loneliest flower!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower?
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower?
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!”
a short musical composition with words
From this reading When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower?
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower?
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Why art thou thus in beauty cast, O lonely, loneliest flower!
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading “Why art thou thus in beauty cast, O lonely, loneliest flower!
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!”
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
From this reading I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!”
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
From this reading I pity thee for thy wasted bloom, For thy glory's fleeting hour, For the desert place, thy living tomb, O lonely, loneliest flower!”
at the time that
From this reading When the sound of song hath never passed, From human hearth or bower?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why art thou thus in beauty cast, O lonely, loneliest flower!
Chapter 8 of Elkswatawa by James Strange French holds 329 sentences, grouped into 66 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.
Chapter 8 holds 329 sentences of Elkswatawa, unabridged, divided into 66 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Elkswatawa by James Strange French exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 329 sentences, grouped into 66 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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