Chapter I

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From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

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

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

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From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

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From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

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

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

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

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

a light shade of blue

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

show off

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

placed in a grave

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

plural of “butterfly” — diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

showing who or what does the action

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

plural of “cave” — a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

any utterance produced simultaneously by a group

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

relating to or characteristic of Christianity

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

the shore of a sea or ocean

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

a friend who is frequently in the company of another

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

a member of the Congregational Church

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

characteristic of the present

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

(of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work) protected by copyright

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

exhibiting courtesy and politeness

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

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From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

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From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

a person who specializes in interior design

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

owed and payable immediately or on demand

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

possessive form of “farmer” — a person who operates a farm

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

superlative of “fierce” — marked by extreme and violent energy

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

possessive form of “harper” — someone who plays the harp

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

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From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

foreshadow or presage

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

where you live at a particular time

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

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

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

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

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

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

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

coming only to the ankle or knee

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

lacking spirit or liveliness

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

immediately past

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

plural of “magazine” — a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

any art that invokes supernatural powers

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

an old word for “no”

From this reading _Nay!

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century)

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

a lyric poem with complex stanza forms

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

approval to do something

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

someone who journeys in foreign lands

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

plural of “pilgrim” — someone who journeys in foreign lands

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

a coniferous tree

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

prepared and printed for distribution and sale

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

plural of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

strong and sharp

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

of or relating to or consisting of a quarter

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

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

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

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

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

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

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

plural of “sail” — a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918)

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

plural of “summit” — the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

waves breaking on the shore

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

an acknowledgment of appreciation

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

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

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

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

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

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

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

(ancient Rome) an official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

literature in metrical form

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

walk (through relatively shallow water)

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

in or at the place that

From this reading _I dream of a languorous, tideless shore, Of azure light in magic caves; Of heathery hills with summits hoar, That wade knee-deep in northern waves; Of rainbow sails like butterflies That flutter to an Old World quay; Of where a buried city lies Beneath the sands of Brittany._

a Caucasian

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

superlative of “wild” — marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading But my own New England coast, Pungent with wild rose, pine, and bay; Brown marsh, white sand, gray rocks that boast The fiercest surf, the wildest spray!

in the company of; together with

From this reading “The Rock of Liberty; A Pilgrim Ode,” with music for Chorus by Rosseter Cole, is copyrighted and published in 1920 by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, of Boston.

possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.

possessive form of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading =To The Memory of my Ancestor Mary Allerton Cushman Last of the Mayflower Pilgrims= Thanks are due the publishers of various magazines for courteous permission to reprint poems that first appeared in their pages, as follows: _The Atlantic Monthly_, _Harper’s Magazine_, _The Bookman_, _The Bellman_, _Contemporary Verse_, _The Delineator_, _The Designer_, _The Ladies’ Home Journal_, _The Woman’s Home Companion_, _The Smart Set_, _The Youth’s Companion_, _The Living Church_, _The Christian Endeavor World_, _The Congregationalist_, _The New England Magazine_, _Life_, _Saint Nicholas_, _Radcliffe Quarterly_, _Boston Transcript_, _Boston Herald_, _New York Tribune_, _New York Times_, _The Old Farmer’s Almanack_.