Chapter XXXVII
“NE’ER TO BE FOUND AGAIN.” “My own, my father’s friend! I cannot part with thee! I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.” ANON.
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Chapter XXXVII
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“NE’ER
TO
BE
FOUND
AGAIN.”
“My
own,
my
father’s
friend!
I
cannot
part
with
thee!
I
ne’er
have
shown,
thou
ne’er
hast
known,
How
dear
thou
art
to
me.”
ANON.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“NE’ER
TO
BE
FOUND
AGAIN.”
Line 2
“My
own,
my
father’s
friend!
Line 3
I
cannot
part
with
thee!
Line 4
I
ne’er
have
shown,
thou
ne’er
hast
known,
How
dear
thou
art
to
me.”
Line 5
ANON.
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 ““NE’ER TO BE FOUND AGAIN.””
Art
auxiliary verb
US /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.””
FOUND
noun
US /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““NE’ER TO BE FOUND AGAIN.””
Hast
auxiliary verb
US /hæst/
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.””
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.””
Part
noun
US /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I cannot part with thee!”
Thee
pronoun
US /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “I cannot part with thee!”
Thou
pronoun
US /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.””
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AGAINnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NE’ER TO BE FOUND AGAIN.”
ANON
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From this reading ANON.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
BEauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “NE’ER TO BE FOUND AGAIN.”
cannot
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From this reading I cannot part with thee!
dear
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From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
father's
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From this reading “My own, my father’s friend!
FOUNDnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NE’ER TO BE FOUND AGAIN.”
friend
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From this reading “My own, my father’s friend!
hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
How
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From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cannot part with thee!
known
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From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My own, my father’s friend!
NE'ER
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From this reading “NE’ER TO BE FOUND AGAIN.”
own
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From this reading “My own, my father’s friend!
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I cannot part with thee!
shown
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From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading I cannot part with thee!
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “NE’ER TO BE FOUND AGAIN.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I cannot part with thee!