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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 A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
angry
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Anon
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From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
Author
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
awful
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
beat
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Bong-tree
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From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
Book
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Bore
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Botany
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
breakers
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
bright
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
brood
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Chankly
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
coal-black
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
creeps
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From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
Cry
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From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
dark
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
darkness
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Dong
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From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
etc
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
fiery
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
flashes
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From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
forest
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From this reading The wandering Dong through the forest goes!
FourthnounUS /fourth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
gleaming
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From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
gloomy
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
goes
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From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Gromboolian
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Hall
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From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
heights
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Hills
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
HitheradverbUS /ˈhɪðər/
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
hour
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From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
leaps
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From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
light
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
lofty
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From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
lonely
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
lurid
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Meteor
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
midnight
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From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
More
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
moves
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Music
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
night
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Nonsense
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
onward
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From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
passes
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From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
pauses
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From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
Piercing
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
plain
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Poems
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
rays
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
reign
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
roar
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
rocky
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
seems
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
shore
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
silvery
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
single
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Slowly
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From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
Songs
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
spark
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
sparkles
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From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
stems
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From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
Stories
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Storm-clouds
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
strange
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
strays
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Terrace
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From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
Then
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
There
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
thitheradverbUS /ˈðɪθɜːr/
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
throws
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From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
Tower
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From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
towering
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
vast
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
vision
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
wandering
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From this reading The wandering Dong through the forest goes!
wanders
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From this reading Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,-- Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps; And ever as onward it gleaming goes A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
watch
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From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
wild
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From this reading And those who watch at that midnight hour From Hall or Terrace or lofty Tower, Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- "The Dong! the Dong!
wintry
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From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. Author of the _Book of Nonsense_, _More Nonsense_, _Nonsense Songs, Stories_, etc., etc. When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore; When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,-- Then, through the vast and gloomy dark There moves what seems a fiery spark,-- A lonely spark with silvery rays Piercing the coal-black night,-- A Meteor strange and bright: Hither and thither the vision strays, A single lurid light.
