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Love's Old Sweet Song
Love's Old Sweet Song

Chapter II

Chapter 2 of Love's Old Sweet Song is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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MADISON CAWEIN.
IN THE WOOD.
Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.
Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.
The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.
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Love's Old Sweet Song

Chapter II

Chapter 2 of Love's Old Sweet Song is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/71 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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MADISON CAWEIN.
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IN THE WOOD.
/ɪn ðə wʊd/
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Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.
/θruː ˈlæfɪŋ liːvz ðə ˈsʌnlaɪt kʌmz ˈtɜːrnɪŋ ðə ɡriːn tuː ɡoʊld ðə biː əˈbaʊt ðə ˈheðər hʌmz ənd ðə ˈmɔːrnɪŋ er ɪz koʊld hiːr ɑːn ðə ˈbriːzi ˈwʊdlænd saɪd wer wiː tuː raɪd/
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Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.
/θruː ˈlæfɪŋ liːvz ɑːn ˈɡoʊldən her ðə ˈsʌnlaɪt ˈɡlænsɪz daʊn ənd meɪks ə ˈheɪloʊ raʊnd hɜːr ðer ənd kraʊnz hɜːr wɪð ə kraʊn kwiːn ʌv ðə ˈsʌnraɪz ənd ðə sʌn æz wiː raɪd ɑːn/
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The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

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breezy adjective US /ˈbriːzi/

fresh and animated

From this reading “Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.”

crowns noun US /kraʊnz/

plural of “crown” — the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy

From this reading “Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.”

halo noun US /ˈheɪloʊ/

an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

From this reading “Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.”

heather noun US /ˈheðər/

common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

From this reading “Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.”

hums noun US /hʌmz/

plural of “hum” — the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity

From this reading “Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.”

madison noun US /ˈmædəsən/

4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)

From this reading “MADISON CAWEIN.”

wanton verb US /ˈwɔːntən/

waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

From this reading “The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.”

woodland noun US /ˈwʊdlænd/

land that is covered with trees and shrubs

From this reading “Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.”

Word partnerships in these lines

English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.

Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.

golden hair adjective + noun

In this reading “Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.”

halo round noun + noun

In this reading “Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.”

morning air noun + noun

In this reading “Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.”

ride on verb + particle

In this reading “Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.”

glances down verb + adjective counted as “glance down”

In this reading “Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.”

IN THE WOOD preposition + article + noun counted as “in … wood”

In this reading “IN THE WOOD.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

airnounUS /er/

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

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

beenounUS /biː/

any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

breezyadjectiveUS /ˈbriːzi/

fresh and animated

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

CAWEIN

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

From this reading MADISON CAWEIN.

cheeknounUS /tʃiːk/

either side of the face below the eyes

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

coldadjectiveUS /koʊld/

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

comesnounUS /kʌmz/

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

crownnounUS /kraʊn/

the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

crownsnounUS /kraʊnz/

plural of “crown” — the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

downadjectiveUS /daʊn/

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

facenounUS /feɪs/

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

foundverbUS /faʊnd/

set up or found

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

glancesnounUS /ˈɡlænsɪz/

plural of “glance” — a quick look

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

goldnounUS /ɡoʊld/

coins made of gold

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

goldenadjectiveUS /ˈɡoʊldən/

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

greennounUS /ɡriːn/

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

hairnounUS /her/

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

halonounUS /ˈheɪloʊ/

an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

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

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

he'd

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

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

heathernounUS /ˈheðər/

common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

HereadverbUS /hiːr/

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

humsnounUS /hʌmz/

plural of “hum” — the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading IN THE WOOD.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

kissedverbUS /kɪst/

past form of “kiss” — touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

kissesnounUS /ˈkɪsəz/

plural of “kiss” — the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

knowverbUS /noʊ/

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

laughingadjectiveUS /ˈlæfɪŋ/

showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

leaveverbUS /liːv/

go away from a place

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

leavesnounUS /liːvz/

plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

leftnounUS /left/

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

lipsnounUS /lɪps/

plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

MADISONnounUS /ˈmædəsən/

4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)

From this reading MADISON CAWEIN.

makesnounUS /meɪks/

plural of “make” — a recognizable kind

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

morningnounUS /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

Others

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

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

placenounUS /pleɪs/

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

QueennounUS /kwiːn/

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

rideverbUS /raɪd/

sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

rosenounUS /roʊz/

any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

roundnounUS /raʊnd/

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

sidenounUS /saɪd/

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

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

signnounUS /saɪn/

a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

sunnounUS /sʌn/

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

sunlightnounUS /ˈsʌnlaɪt/

the rays of the sun

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

sunrisenounUS /ˈsʌnraɪz/

the first light of day

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

supposeverbUS /səˈpoʊz/

express a supposition

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

sweetadjectiveUS /swiːt/

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading IN THE WOOD.

thereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

thoughtnounUS /θɔːt/

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

ThroughprepositionUS /θruː/

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

TurningnounUS /ˈtɜːrnɪŋ/

the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

twonounUS /tuː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

wantonverbUS /ˈwɔːntən/

waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

WhereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

windnounUS /waɪnd/

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading The wanton wind has kissed her face,-- His lips have left a rose,-- He found her cheek so sweet a place For kisses, I suppose,-- He thought he’d leave a sign, that so Others might know.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Through laughing leaves on golden hair, The sunlight glances down, And makes a halo round her there, And crowns her with a crown Queen of the sunrise and the sun, As we ride on.

WOODnounUS /wʊd/

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

From this reading IN THE WOOD.

woodlandnounUS /ˈwʊdlænd/

land that is covered with trees and shrubs

From this reading Through laughing leaves the sunlight comes, Turning the green to gold; The bee about the heather hums, And the morning air is cold Here on the breezy woodland side, Where we two ride.

Chapter 2 of Love's Old Sweet Song by George H. (George Herman) [Compiler] Ellwanger holds 359 sentences, grouped into 72 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 2 of Love's Old Sweet Song contain?

Chapter 2 holds 359 sentences of Love's Old Sweet Song, unabridged, divided into 72 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 2 of Love's Old Sweet Song by George H. (George Herman) [Compiler] Ellwanger exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 359 sentences, grouped into 72 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 2 of Love's Old Sweet Song?

Work through the 72 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 72 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 2 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading Love's Old Sweet Song

Common questions about reading Love's Old Sweet Song by George H. (George Herman) [Compiler] Ellwanger on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Love's Old Sweet Song?

Yes. All 1851 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #54148 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Love's Old Sweet Song is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #54148, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Love's Old Sweet Song take to read?

About 154 minutes of reading across 371 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Love's Old Sweet Song section by section

How to work through Love's Old Sweet Song section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 5 chapters of Love's Old Sweet Song to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in Love's Old Sweet Song

Words and structures a reader meets early in Love's Old Sweet Song, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

University
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Love's Old Sweet Song; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Press
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Love's Old Sweet Song; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Wilson
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Love's Old Sweet Song; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Cambridge
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Love's Old Sweet Song; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.