Chapter 5 of Poems of Henry Timrod is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of Poems of Henry Timrod is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Lily! lady of the garden! Let me press my lip to thine! Love must tell its story, Lily! Listen thou to mine. Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Chapter 5 of Poems of Henry Timrod is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.”
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lily! lady of the garden!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Love must tell its story, Lily!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lily! lady of the garden!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let me press my lip to thine!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lily! lady of the garden!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let me press my lip to thine!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Listen thou to mine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Love must tell its story, Lily!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let me press my lip to thine!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Listen thou to mine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Love must tell its story, Lily!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let me press my lip to thine!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lily! lady of the garden!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let me press my lip to thine!
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Love must tell its story, Lily!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Love must tell its story, Lily!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lily! lady of the garden!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let me press my lip to thine!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Listen thou to mine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let me press my lip to thine!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two I choose to know the secret-- Thee, and yonder wordless flute; Dragons watch me, tender Lily, And thou must be mute.
Chapter 5 of Poems of Henry Timrod by Henry Timrod holds 111 sentences, grouped into 23 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
Chapter 5 holds 111 sentences of Poems of Henry Timrod, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Poems of Henry Timrod by Henry Timrod exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 111 sentences, grouped into 23 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.
Work through the 23 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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