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Life of John Keats — His Life and Poetry, His Friends
Life of John Keats — His Life and Poetry, His Friends

Chapter VI

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APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.
Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.
Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'
The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'
Sonnets poured in on the occasion, and not from intimates only.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Life of John Keats — His Life and Poetry, His Friends

Chapter VI

Chapter 6 of Life of John Keats — His Life and Poetry, His Friends is here in full — 374 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.
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Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.
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Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'
/ˈevriwʌn ʌv ʌs ɪkˈspektəd ənd nɑːt ənˈriːzənəbli ðæt ɪt wʊd kriˈeɪt ə senˈseɪʃən ɪn ðə ˈlɪtəreri wɜːrld/
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The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'
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Sonnets poured in on the occasion, and not from intimates only.
/ˈsɑːnɪts pɔːrd ɪn ɑːn ðə əˈkeɪʒən ənd nɑːt frʌm ˈɪntəməts ˈoʊnli/

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Autumnal adjective US /ɔːˈtʌmnəl/

of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn

From this reading “APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.”

Bailey's noun US /ˈbeɪliz/

possessive form of “bailey” — United States singer (1918-1990)

From this reading “APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.”

Composes verb US /kəmˈpoʊzɪz/

third-person singular of “compose” — form the substance of

From this reading “APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.”

intimates noun US /ˈɪntəməts/

plural of “intimate” — someone to whom private matters are confided

From this reading “Sonnets poured in on the occasion, and not from intimates only.”

loggerheads noun US /ˈlɑːɡərhedz/

plural of “loggerhead” — a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

From this reading “APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.”

lyrics noun US /ˈlɪrɪks/

plural of “lyric” — the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number

From this reading “APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.”

Reviews noun US /riˈvjuːz/

plural of “review” — a new appraisal or evaluation

From this reading “APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.”

unreasonably adverb US /ənˈriːzənəbli/

not in a reasonable or intelligent manner

From this reading “Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'”

Word partnerships in these lines

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create a sensation verb + article + noun counted as “create … sensation”

In this reading “Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'”

literary world adjective + noun

In this reading “Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'”

first volume adjective + noun

In this reading “Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.”

quote the words verb + article + noun counted as “quote … words”

In this reading “Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.”

on the occasion preposition + article + noun counted as “on … occasion”

In this reading “Sonnets poured in on the occasion, and not from intimates only.”

flash of verb + particle

In this reading “The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'”

crash of verb + particle

In this reading “The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'”

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1817

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From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

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

From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

AmbitionnounUS /æmˈbɪʃən/

a cherished desire

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/

in the middle of; surrounded by

From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

AndeterminerUS /æn/

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

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

anticipationsnounUS /ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃənz/

plural of “anticipation” — an expectation

From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

APRIL-DECEMBER

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From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

AutumnaladjectiveUS /ɔːˈtʌmnəl/

of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

BaileynounUS /ˈbeɪli/

United States singer (1918-1990)

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

Bailey'snounUS /ˈbeɪliz/

possessive form of “bailey” — United States singer (1918-1990)

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

BeginsnounUS /bɪˈɡɪnz/

plural of “begin” — Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

BridgenounUS /brɪdʒ/

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

brothersnounUS /ˈbrʌðərz/

plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

BrownnounUS /braʊn/

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

Burford

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From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

CanterburynounUS /ˈkæntərberi/

a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

Carisbrooke

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From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

ChangeverbUS /tʃeɪndʒ/

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

cheersnounUS /tʃɪrz/

plural of “cheer” — a cry or shout of approval

From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

circlenounUS /ˈsɜːrkəl/

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

Clarke

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From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

closeadjectiveUS /kloʊs/

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

ComposesverbUS /kəmˈpoʊzɪz/

third-person singular of “compose” — form the substance of

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

ConfessionsnounUS /kənˈfeʃənz/

plural of “confession” — an admission of misdeeds or faults

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

CorrespondencenounUS /ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːndəns/

communication by the exchange of letters

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

Cowden

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From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

crashverbUS /kræʃ/

fall or come down violently

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

createverbUS /kriˈeɪt/

make or cause to be or to become

From this reading Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'

DecembernounUS /dɪˈsembər/

the last (12th) month of the year

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

Dilke

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From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

drear-nighted

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From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

DrydennounUS /ˈdraɪdən/

the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700)

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

ENDYMION

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From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

EveryonepronounUS /ˈevriwʌn/

every person

From this reading Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'

expectationsnounUS /ˌekspekˈteɪʃənz/

plural of “expectation” — belief about (or mental picture of) the future

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

expectedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈspektəd/

considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

From this reading Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'

fallverbUS /fɔːl/

descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

FannynounUS /ˈfæni/

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

finishedadjectiveUS /ˈfɪnɪʃt/

(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

flashverbUS /flæʃ/

gleam or glow intermittently

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

flatadjectiveUS /flæt/

having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

followverbUS /ˈfɑːloʊ/

to travel behind, go after, come after

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

fondadjectiveUS /fɑːnd/

having or displaying warmth or affection

From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

friendsnounUS /frendz/

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

HnounUS /eɪtʃ/

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

Hampstead

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From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

Haydon

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From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

Hazlittnoun

English essayist and literary critic (1778-1830)

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

HuntverbUS /hʌnt/

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

ImaginationnounUS /ˌɪmædʒəˈneɪʃən/

the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

intimatesnounUS /ˈɪntəməts/

plural of “intimate” — someone to whom private matters are confided

From this reading Sonnets poured in on the occasion, and not from intimates only.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'

JnounUS /dʒeɪ/

a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

Jane

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

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

JoinsnounUS /dʒɔɪnz/

plural of “join” — the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

Keats's

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

From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

keepverbUS /kiːp/

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

launchedverbUS /lɔːntʃt/

past form of “launch” — set up or found

From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

LettersnounUS /ˈletərz/

the literary culture

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

lightningnounUS /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/

abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

literaryadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəreri/

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'

loggerheadsnounUS /ˈlɑːɡərhedz/

plural of “loggerhead” — a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

lovenounUS /lʌv/

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

lyricsnounUS /ˈlɪrɪks/

plural of “lyric” — the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

magniloquentadjective

lofty in style

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

mannernounUS /ˈmænər/

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

Margatenoun

a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

mennounUS /men/

the force of workers available

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

MovesnounUS /muːvz/

plural of “move” — the act of deciding to do something

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

NewadjectiveUS /nuː/

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

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'

OnounUS /oʊ/

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

occasionnounUS /əˈkeɪʒən/

an event that occurs at a critical time

From this reading Sonnets poured in on the occasion, and not from intimates only.

occupationsnounUS /ˌɑːkjəˈpeɪʃənz/

plural of “occupation” — the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

onlyadverbUS /ˈoʊnli/

and nothing more

From this reading Sonnets poured in on the occasion, and not from intimates only.

others

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

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

OxfordnounUS /ˈɑːksfərd/

a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

PoemsnounUS /ˈpoʊəmz/

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

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

PoetrynounUS /ˈpoʊətri/

literature in metrical form

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

pouredverbUS /pɔːrd/

past form of “pour” — cause to run

From this reading Sonnets poured in on the occasion, and not from intimates only.

publishersnounUS /ˈpʌblɪʃərz/

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

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

quoteverbUS /kwoʊt/

repeat a passage from

From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

readverbUS /red/

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

ReturnverbUS /rɪˈtɜːrn/

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

ReviewsnounUS /riˈvjuːz/

plural of “review” — a new appraisal or evaluation

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

ReynoldsnounUS /ˈrenəldz/

English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792)

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

rouseverbUS /raʊs/

become active

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

self-doubtnoun

lack of self-confidence

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

sensationnounUS /senˈseɪʃən/

an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation

From this reading Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'

sisternounUS /ˈsɪstər/

a female person who has the same parents as another person

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

SleepnounUS /sliːp/

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

SonnetsnounUS /ˈsɑːnɪts/

plural of “sonnet” — a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

From this reading Sonnets poured in on the occasion, and not from intimates only.

Southeynoun

English poet and friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge (1774-1843)

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

SpeculationsnounUS /ˌspekjəˈleɪʃənz/

plural of “speculation” — a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

StaysnounUS /steɪz/

a woman's close-fitting foundation garment

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

Swinburnenoun

English poet (1837-1909)

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

TalkverbUS /tɔːk/

exchange thoughts; talk with

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

testimonynounUS /ˈtestəmoʊni/

a solemn statement made under oath

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

thunderverbUS /ˈθʌndər/

move fast, noisily, and heavily

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

tremblingnounUS /ˈtrembəlɪŋ/

a shaky motion

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

trulyadverbUS /ˈtruːli/

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

truthnounUS /truːθ/

a fact that has been verified

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

unreasonablyadverbUS /ənˈriːzənəbli/

not in a reasonable or intelligent manner

From this reading Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'

variousadjectiveUS /ˈveriəs/

of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

VisitsnounUS /ˈvɪzɪts/

plural of “visit” — the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

volumenounUS /ˈvɑːljuːm/

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

Woodhouse

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From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

wordsnounUS /wɜːrdz/

the words that are spoken

From this reading Keats's first volume had been launched, to quote the words of Cowden Clarke, 'amid the cheers and fond anticipations of all his circle.

WordsworthnounUS /ˈwɜːrdzwərθ/

a romantic English poet whose work was inspired by the Lake District where he spent most of his life (1770-1850)

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

WORKverbUS /wɜːrk/

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 'Poems' fall flat--Reviews by Hunt and others--Change of publishers--New friends: Bailey and Woodhouse--Begins _Endymion_ at Carisbrooke--Moves to Margate--Hazlitt and Southey--Hunt and Haydon--Ambition and self-doubt--Stays at Canterbury--Joins brothers at Hampstead--Dilke and Brown--Visits Bailey at Oxford--Work on _Endymion_--Bailey's testimony--Talk on Wordsworth--Letters from Oxford--To his sister Fanny--To Jane and J.H. Reynolds--Return to Hampstead--Friends at loggerheads--Stays at Burford Bridge--Correspondence--Confessions--Speculations--Imagination and truth--Composes various lyrics--'O love me truly'--'In drear-nighted December'--Dryden and Swinburne--_Endymion_ finished--An Autumnal close--Return to Hampstead.

worldnounUS /wɜːrld/

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Everyone of us expected (and not unreasonably) that it would create a sensation in the literary world.'

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading The magniloquent Haydon words these expectations after his manner:--'I have read your _Sleep and Poetry_--it is a flash of lightning that will rouse men from their occupations and keep them trembling for the crash of thunder that _will_ follow.'

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