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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 MADELINE, HER HOPES.--A MILD AUTUMN CHARACTERISED.
adjuring
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
air
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
AUTUMN
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From this reading MADELINE, HER HOPES.--A MILD AUTUMN CHARACTERISED.
Beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
Beaumont
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From this reading --Beaumont and Fletcher: Song in the Lover’s Progress.
borne
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
breaks
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
bright
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
calm
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
chaos
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
CHARACTERISED
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From this reading MADELINE, HER HOPES.--A MILD AUTUMN CHARACTERISED.
close
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
cold
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
contemplation
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
darkness
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
detained
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
draw
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
drink
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
Escaped
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
eternal
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
fire
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
first-born
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
Fletcher
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From this reading --Beaumont and Fletcher: Song in the Lover’s Progress.
flight
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
fly
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
freshness
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
gainst
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
gloom
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
glory
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
guilt
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
heartyadjectiveUS /ˈhɑrti/
large, enthusiastic, and satisfying, especially of a meal
From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
heaven
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
HERdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading MADELINE, HER HOPES.--A MILD AUTUMN CHARACTERISED.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
Holy
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
HOPES
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From this reading MADELINE, HER HOPES.--A MILD AUTUMN CHARACTERISED.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading --Beaumont and Fletcher: Song in the Lover’s Progress.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
joyfulness
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
kindles
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
LANDSCAPE
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From this reading --A LANDSCAPE.--A RETURN.
late
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
Light
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
Lover's
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From this reading --Beaumont and Fletcher: Song in the Lover’s Progress.
MADELINE
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From this reading MADELINE, HER HOPES.--A MILD AUTUMN CHARACTERISED.
medicine
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
merry
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
middle
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
MILD
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From this reading MADELINE, HER HOPES.--A MILD AUTUMN CHARACTERISED.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
nature
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
nigher
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
night
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
obscure
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
offspring
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
old
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
Poet
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
pool
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
Progress
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From this reading --Beaumont and Fletcher: Song in the Lover’s Progress.
pure
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
redemption
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
regions
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
RETURN
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From this reading --A LANDSCAPE.--A RETURN.
revisiting
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
rises
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
round
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
sang
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
sense
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
serene
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
Sit
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
sojourn
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
solemn
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
some
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
Song
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From this reading --Beaumont and Fletcher: Song in the Lover’s Progress.
starry
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
stir
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
Stygian
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
table
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
that's
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
threshold
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
Tis
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
up
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
utter
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From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
Welcome
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading As when the Great Poet,-- Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn; while, in his flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, He sang of chaos, and eternal night:-- As when, revisiting the “Holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born,” the sense of freshness and glory breaks upon him, and kindles into the solemn joyfulness of adjuring song: so rises the mind from the contemplation of the gloom and guilt of life, “the utter and the middle darkness,” to some pure and bright redemption of our nature--some creature of “the starry threshold,” “the regions mild of calm and serene air.”
wine
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From this reading ‘Tis late, and cold--stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that’s old, A hearty medicine ‘gainst a cold, Welcome--welcome shall fly round!
