Chapter XXIII
HOME AT LAST. “The saddest birds a season find to sing.” SOUTHWELL. “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head! Thou art gone home!”
North and South
Chapter XXIII
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HOME
AT
LAST.
“The
saddest
birds
a
season
find
to
sing.”
SOUTHWELL.
“Never
to
fold
the
robe
o’er
secret
pain,
Never,
weighed
down
by
memory’s
clouds
again,
To
bow
thy
head!
Thou
art
gone
home!”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
HOME
AT
LAST.
Line 2
“The
saddest
birds
a
season
find
to
sing.”
Line 3
SOUTHWELL.
Line 4
“Never
to
fold
the
robe
o’er
secret
pain,
Never,
weighed
down
by
memory’s
clouds
again,
To
bow
thy
head!
Line 5
Thou
art
gone
home!”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Again
noun
US /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!”
Art
auxiliary verb
US /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Thou art gone home!””
LAST
noun
US /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOME AT LAST.”
Never
noun
US /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!”
Secret
noun
US /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading ““Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!”
Thou
pronoun
US /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Thou art gone home!””
Thy
determiner
US /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading ““Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!”
Weighed
noun
US /ˈweighed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!”
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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 “The saddest birds a season find to sing.”
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thou art gone home!”
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading HOME AT LAST.
birds
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From this reading “The saddest birds a season find to sing.”
bow
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From this reading “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!
clouds
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From this reading “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!
down
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From this reading “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!
find
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From this reading “The saddest birds a season find to sing.”
fold
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From this reading “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!
gone
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From this reading Thou art gone home!”
head
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From this reading “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!
HOME
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From this reading HOME AT LAST.
LASTnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOME AT LAST.
memory's
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From this reading “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!
o'er
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From this reading “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!
pain
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From this reading “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!
robe
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From this reading “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!
saddest
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From this reading “The saddest birds a season find to sing.”
season
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From this reading “The saddest birds a season find to sing.”
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!
sing
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From this reading “The saddest birds a season find to sing.”
SOUTHWELL
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From this reading SOUTHWELL.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The saddest birds a season find to sing.”
ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou art gone home!”
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “The saddest birds a season find to sing.”
weighednounUS /ˈweighed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Never to fold the robe o’er secret pain, Never, weighed down by memory’s clouds again, To bow thy head!