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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
air
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
all
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
away
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
blue
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
bright
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
brightly
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From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
country
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From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
dear
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
Death's
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
deep
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
delightful
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
DOUGLASDALE
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From this reading DOUGLASDALE.
Douglases
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From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
ear
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
Expand
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
fail
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
fancy
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
far
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
fields
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
foliage
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
fragrant
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
fresh
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
gale
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
heard
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
heavy
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
hue
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
indicative
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
June
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From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
Lanarkshire
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From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
LEYDEN
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From this reading LEYDEN.
mavis
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
meadows
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
merle
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
mid
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
middle
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From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
mountains
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
murmurs
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
named
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From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
puissant
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From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
pure
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
purer
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
ray
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
recesses
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
richer
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
richest
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
robes
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
scenes
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
season
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
shades
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
sheds
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
shone
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From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
sigh
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
softer
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
stole
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
sun
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From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
sunshine
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
trees
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
unbreathing
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
uplands
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
valley
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From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
voice
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
voices
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
ward
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From this reading The sun of a morning in June shone brightly upon Douglasdale, as a valley of the middle ward of Lanarkshire is named--the country of the puissant Douglases.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
wild
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
wood-pigeon
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From this reading The pure air, the bright sunshine, the fresh meadows, the fragrant wind that stole along the uplands, were all indicative of that delightful season when the trees are heavy with their richest foliage, and the voices of the mavis, the merle, and the wood-pigeon are heard within their deep recesses.
woodlands
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From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "But you, dear scenes! that far away Expand beneath these mountains blue, Where fancy sheds a purer ray, And robes the fields in richer hue,-- A softer voice in every gale, I 'mid your woodlands wild should hear; And Death's unbreathing shades would fail To sigh their murmurs in mine ear."
