Chapter I

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading FIRES THE STONE "And will you cut a stone for him, To set above his head?

higher than, or over, something

From this reading FIRES THE STONE "And will you cut a stone for him, To set above his head?

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

a deep yellow color

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

brought into existence

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

the act of burning something

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

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From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

plural of “cavern” — any large dark enclosed space

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a seat for one person, with a support for the back

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

past form of “crouch” — bend one's back forward from the waist on down

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

separate with or as if with an instrument

From this reading FIRES THE STONE "And will you cut a stone for him, To set above his head?

absence of light or illumination

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

wanted intensely

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

half asleep

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

owed and payable immediately or on demand

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

posing no difficulty; requiring little effort

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

plural of “editor” — a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

opinion or judgment

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

From this reading A flash, a shock, A rumbling fall...

plural of “fancy” — something many people believe that is false

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

exceedingly; extremely

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

provide as food

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

start firing a weapon

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

having lost your job

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

plural of “fire” — the event of something burning (often destructive)

From this reading FIRES THE STONE "And will you cut a stone for him, To set above his head?

A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

gleam or glow intermittently

From this reading A flash, a shock, A rumbling fall...

past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

shining unsteadily

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

plural of “galley” — a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a flash of light (especially reflected light)

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading FIRES THE STONE "And will you cut a stone for him, To set above his head?

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

third-person singular of “hew” — make or shape as with an axe

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading FIRES THE STONE "And will you cut a stone for him, To set above his head?

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading FIRES THE STONE "And will you cut a stone for him, To set above his head?

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

plural of “island” — a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

go away from a place

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

full of life and energy

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

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From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

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From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

plural of “mine” — excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

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From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

literature in metrical form

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a new appraisal or evaluation

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

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From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a loud low dull continuous noise

From this reading A flash, a shock, A rumbling fall...

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading And will you cut a stone for him-- A stone for him?" she said.

cut with a saw

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

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From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading FIRES THE STONE "And will you cut a stone for him, To set above his head?

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading And will you cut a stone for him-- A stone for him?" she said.

possessive form of “shelley” — English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

From this reading A flash, a shock, A rumbling fall...

the act of firing a projectile

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

the act of singing vocal music

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

offering safety; well protected or concealed

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

past form of “splinter” — withdraw from an organization or communion

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading FIRES THE STONE "And will you cut a stone for him, To set above his head?

exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

happening without warning or in a short space of time

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

plural of “summer” — the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

great in vertical dimension; high in stature

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

plural of “tavern” — a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

an acknowledgment of appreciation

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

up to a particular time

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a yellow quartz

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

fully awake

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

a message informing of danger

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

in or at the place that

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

during the time that

From this reading Three days before, a splintered rock Had struck her lover dead-- Had struck him in the quarry dead, Where, careless of the warning call, He loitered, while the shot was fired-- A lively stripling, brave and tall, And sure of all his heart desired...

which person or people

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading FIRES THE STONE "And will you cut a stone for him, To set above his head?

plural of “wine” — fermented juice (of grapes especially)

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

plural of “witch” — a female sorcerer or magician

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

in the company of; together with

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

land that is covered with trees and shrubs

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

From this reading _Snug in my easy chair,_ _I stirred the fire to flame._ _Fantastically fair,_ _The flickering fancies came._ _Born of hearts desire:_ _Amber woodland streaming;_ _Topaz islands dreaming;_ _Sunset-cities gleaming,_ _Spire on burning spire;_ _Ruddy-windowed taverns;_ _Sunshine-spilling wines;_ _Crystal-lighted caverns_ _Of Golconda’s mines;_ _Summers, unreturning;_ _Passion’s crater yearning;_ _Troy, the ever-burning;_ _Shelley’s lustral pyre;_ _Dragon-eyes, unsleeping;_ _Witches’ cauldrons leaping;_ _Golden galleys sweeping_ _Out from sea-walled Tyre:_ _Fancies, fugitive and fair,_ _Flashed with singing through the air;_ _Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare,_ _I shut my eyes to heat and light;_ _And saw, in sudden night,_ _Crouched in the dripping dark,_ _With steaming shoulders stark,_ _The man who hews the coal to feed my fire._ _Thanks are due to the editors of_ THE ENGLISH REVIEW, THE POETRY REVIEW _and_ THE SPECTATOR _for leave to reprint some of these tales_.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading FIRES THE STONE "And will you cut a stone for him, To set above his head?