airnounUS /er/
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
AmidstprepositionUS /əˈmɪdst/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
anyadjectiveUS /ˈeni/
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?
applausenounUS /əˈplɔːz/
a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
attentionnounUS /əˈtenʃən/
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
balefuladjectiveUS /ˈbeɪlfəl/
deadly or sinister
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
barkingverbUS /ˈbɑːrkɪŋ/
-ing form of “bark” — speak in an unfriendly tone
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
breastnounUS /brest/
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
BreatheverbUS /briːð/
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?
Canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?
Charybdisnoun
(Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
chid
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From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
Circenoun
(Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
COMUS
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From this reading COMUS.
CullingverbUS /ˈkʌlɪŋ/
-ing form of “cull” — remove something that has been rejected
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
darknessnounUS /ˈdɑːrknəs/
absence of light or illumination
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
divineadjectiveUS /dɪˈvaɪn/
emanating from God
From this reading Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?
downadjectiveUS /daʊn/
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
drugsnounUS /drʌɡz/
plural of “drug” — a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
earth'snounUS /ɜːrθs/
possessive form of “earth” — the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?
ElysiumnounUS /ɪˈlɪziəm/
a place or condition of ideal happiness
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
empty-vaulted
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From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
enchantingadjectiveUS /enˈtʃæntɪŋ/
capturing interest as if by a spell
From this reading Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
fallverbUS /fɔːl/
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
fellverbUS /fel/
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
floatverbUS /floʊt/
be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
flowery-kirtled
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From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
heardadjectiveUS /hɜːrd/
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
herbsnounUS /ɜːrbz/
plural of “herb” — a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
hiddenadjectiveUS /ˈhɪdən/
not accessible to view
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
holynounUS /ˈhoʊli/
a sacred place of pilgrimage
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
How
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From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
lapverbUS /læp/
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
lodgesnounUS /ˈlɑːdʒəz/
plural of “lodge” — English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
mixturenounUS /ˈmɪkstʃər/
(chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
From this reading Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?
mortaladjectiveUS /ˈmɔːrtəl/
subject to death
From this reading Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?
mothernounUS /ˈmʌðər/
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
mouldverbUS /moʊld/
form in clay, wax, etc
From this reading Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?
movesnounUS /muːvz/
plural of “move” — the act of deciding to do something
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
murmuredverbUS /ˈmɜːrmərd/
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
Naiades
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From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
nightnounUS /naɪt/
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?
oftadverbUS /ɔːft/
many times at short intervals
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
potentadjectiveUS /ˈpoʊtənt/
having great influence
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
prisoned
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From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
raptures
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From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
ravenverbUS /ˈreɪvən/
obtain or seize by violence
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
ravishmentnoun
a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment
From this reading Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?
residencenounUS /ˈrezɪdəns/
any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
ScyllanounUS /ˈsɪlə/
(Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
SirensnounUS /ˈsaɪrənz/
plural of “siren” — a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
smiledverbUS /smaɪld/
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
smoothingverbUS /ˈsmuːðɪŋ/
-ing form of “smooth” — make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
softadjectiveUS /sɑːft/
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
soulnounUS /soʊl/
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?
sungnounUS /sʌŋ/
the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
SureadjectiveUS /ʃʊr/
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
sweetlyadverbUS /ˈswiːtli/
in an affectionate or loving manner (“sweet” is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of “sweetly”)
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
takeverbUS /teɪk/
carry out
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
testifyverbUS /ˈtestəfaɪ/
give testimony in a court of law
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
threenounUS /θriː/
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
vocaladjectiveUS /ˈvoʊkəl/
relating to or designed for or using the singing voice
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
wavesnounUS /weɪvz/
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 have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
weptverbUS /wept/
inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
wingsnounUS /wɪŋz/
a means of flight or ascent
From this reading How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs, Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.
