Chapter 8 of Poems by Walt Whitman is here in full — 280 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Poems by Walt Whitman is here in full — 280 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
3. O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers! O pioneers! 4. Have the elder races halted?
Chapter 8 of Poems by Walt Whitman is here in full — 280 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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ranking above all others
From this reading “O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!”
past form of “halt” — cause to stop
From this reading “Have the elder races halted?”
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
From this reading “O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!”
possessing qualities befitting a man
From this reading “O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!”
plural of “pioneer” — someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
From this reading “O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!”
plural of “race” — any competition
From this reading “Have the elder races halted?”
-ing form of “tramp” — travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
From this reading “O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!”
plural of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading “O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!”
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From this reading 3.
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something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
a person who is older than you are
From this reading Have the elder races halted?
ranking above all others
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
the state of being friends (or friendly)
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
past form of “halt” — cause to stop
From this reading Have the elder races halted?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have the elder races halted?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
possessing qualities befitting a man
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
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 O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
plural of “pioneer” — someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
plural of “race” — any competition
From this reading Have the elder races halted?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
-ing form of “tramp” — travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
in the company of; together with
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
plural of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you, Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers!
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