Chapter III

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From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

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

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

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

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

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

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

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

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

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

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

possessive form of “angel” — spiritual being attendant upon God

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

strike with disgust or revulsion

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

a strong flame that burns brightly

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

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From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

absence of light or illumination

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

an evil supernatural being

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

plural of “demon” — an evil supernatural being

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

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From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

causing fear or dread or terror

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

having the power of driving or impelling

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

tiresomely long; seemingly without end

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

the organ of sight

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

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

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

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From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

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From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

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

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

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From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

praise vociferously

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

possessive form of “hell” — any place of pain and turmoil

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

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

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

characteristic of humanity

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

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From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

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

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

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From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

horrible in fierceness or savagery

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

of an obscure nature

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

near in time or place or relationship

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

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

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

not any; not one

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading Oh!

very light colored; highly diluted with white

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

cause to run

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

a feeling of self-respect and personal worth

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

tear or be torn violently

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

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From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

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From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

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From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

being of delicate or slender build

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

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

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

having a supporting base

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

come to a halt, stop moving

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

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

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

in or at that place or location

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

plural of “thunder” — a deep prolonged loud noise

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

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

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

plural of “torrent” — a heavy rain

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

a just detectable amount

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

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From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

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From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

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

From this reading ’Twas day! and all was bright and fair!-- Tis night!--and thunders rend the air;-- The lightning’s blaze illumes the shore;-- In driving hail, the torrents pour.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading And can no fear, can no remorse, Stop, stop thee, from thy dreadful course?-- Oh! think, in what a gulph of crime, Thou sink’st thy soul to endless time!

belonging to which person

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading ’tis a night, whose dreadful shade Seem’d but for hell’s dark demons made, And Fancy’s eye might, in the storm, Trace many a wild mysterious form.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.

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

From this reading Upon an heath, unmov’d by all, That human nature can appal, 10 Dark Dira stood!--and, by her side, Buoy’d up by vengeful woman’s pride, Like some fair angel’s slender form, Near the dire demon of the storm, The lightning’s blaze, with lurid glare, Shew’d Geraldine pale, standing there.