AloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
eagerly desirous
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
move towards
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Recovery, where art thou?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
chaseverbUS /tʃeɪs/
go after with the intent to catch
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
a female human offspring
From this reading Daughter of Heaven, where shall we seek thy help?”
the first light of day
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Daughter of Heaven, where shall we seek thy help?”
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Daughter of Heaven, where shall we seek thy help?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
life-preserving
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From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
engage in
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
marshnounUS /mɑːrʃ/
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
o'eradverb
throughout a period of time
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Daughter of Heaven, where shall we seek thy help?”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
pathlessadjective
lacking pathways
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
persecutingverbUS /ˈpɜːrsɪkjuːtɪŋ/
-ing form of “persecute” — cause to suffer
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
possession of controlling influence
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
plural of “power” — possession of controlling influence
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
RecoverynounUS /rɪˈkʌvri/
return to an original state
From this reading “Recovery, where art thou?
try to get or reach
From this reading Daughter of Heaven, where shall we seek thy help?”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Daughter of Heaven, where shall we seek thy help?”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
Southeynoun
English poet and friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge (1774-1843)
From this reading --_Southey_.
straysnounUS /streɪz/
plural of “stray” — an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Recovery, where art thou?
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Daughter of Heaven, where shall we seek thy help?”
WatchesnounUS /ˈwɑːtʃəz/
plural of “watch” — a small portable timepiece
From this reading “I look for thy approach, O life-preserving Power! as one who strays Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh, Watches the dawn of day.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Daughter of Heaven, where shall we seek thy help?”
in or at the place that
From this reading “Recovery, where art thou?
which person or people
From this reading “Come thou and chase away Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers, Who make the melancholy day so long, So long the anxious night.”
