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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
all
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From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
atoned
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From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
belief
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From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
Bid
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From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
bolt
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From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
brother
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From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
case
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From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
child
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From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
childish
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From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
cloud
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From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
comes
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From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
days
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From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
dear
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From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
distained
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From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
door
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From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
dove
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From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
dread
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From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
earth's
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From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
enter
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From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
father
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From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
flesh
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From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
forth
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From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
Githa
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From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
grace
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From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
Haco
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From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
Harold
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From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
hold
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From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
judgment
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From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
knelt
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From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
large
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From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
lives
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From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
load
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From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
lost
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From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
man
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From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
men
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From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
men's
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From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
monk
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From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
now
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From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
O
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From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
oh
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From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
old
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From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
opened
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From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
paid
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From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
priest
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From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
re-baptised
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From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
re-entering
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From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
redeemed
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From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
room
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From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
scroll
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From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
sins
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From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
sleep
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From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
son
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From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
spirit
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From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
stain
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From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
stream
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From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
tattered
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From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
teach
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From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
ThinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
Tomb
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From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On re-entering the room, Harold drew the large bolt across the door, opened the case, and took forth the distained and tattered scroll:
truth
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From this reading Think so, O brother!--Bid my father (if he still lives, the dear old man!) think so;--tell Githa to think it; and oh, teach Haco, my son, to hold the belief as a truth!
weregeld
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From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
woe
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From this reading “When this comes to thee, Harold, the brother of thy childish days will sleep in the flesh, and be lost to men’s judgment and earth’s woe in the spirit.
world
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From this reading They tell me now--monk and priest tell me--that I have atoned all my sins; that the dread weregeld is paid; that I may enter the world of men with a spirit free from the load, and a name redeemed from the stain.
wrath
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From this reading I have knelt at the Tomb; but no dove hath come forth from the cloud,--no stream of grace hath re-baptised the child of wrath!
