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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
all
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
ARAM
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From this reading ARAM.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
Babel
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
behold
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
BeneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
BUTconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
calm
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
caves
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
cellnounUS /sel/
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
co-mates
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
CONVERSE
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From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
DELIGHTFUL
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From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
down
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
EARL
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From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
EARTHLY
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From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
eloquent
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
Eugene
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From this reading --From Eugene Aram, a MS.
eyes
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
find
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
forbids
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
friends
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading --From Eugene Aram, a MS.
glass
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
Glide
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
GRAVE
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From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
hacked
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
HAPPINESS
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From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
Heaven
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
hermit's
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
hollow
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
Hope
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
hues
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
jaded
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
Knowledge
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
lambent
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
loved
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
many-music'd
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
MATTERS
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From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
MS
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From this reading --From Eugene Aram, a MS.
musing
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
Nature
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
neighbouring
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
NOTION
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From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
ONLY
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From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
oracles
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
quiet
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
rocks
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
Shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
sparry
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
stars
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
stillness
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
stir
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
Stream
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
STUDENT
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From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
STUDENT'S
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From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
thousand
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
tides
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
turn
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
vex'd
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
voices
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
watch
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
waters
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From this reading My oracles and co-mates;--watch my life Glide down the Stream of Knowledge, and behold Its waters with a musing stillness glass The thousand hues of Nature and of Heaven.
weird
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
WHEREIN
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From this reading WHEREIN THE EARL AND THE STUDENT CONVERSE ON GRAVE BUT DELIGHTFUL MATTERS.--THE STUDENT’S NOTION OF THE ONLY EARTHLY HAPPINESS.
winds
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
wise
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
witch
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
Woe's
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
world
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
years
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From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading If the witch Hope forbids us to be wise, Yet when I turn to these--Woe’s only friends, And with their weird and eloquent voices calm The stir and Babel of the world within, I can but dream that my vex’d years at last Shall find the quiet of a hermit’s cell:-- And, neighbouring not this hacked and jaded world, Beneath the lambent eyes of the loved stars, And, with the hollow rocks and sparry caves, The tides, and all the many-music’d winds
