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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 Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
a-bloom
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
Adon
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
Adown
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
all
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
aloud
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
Apollo's
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
bat
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
battle
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
beech-nuts
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
bell
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
bloomy
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
boar
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
boy
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
breast
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
Bring
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
bristled
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
brown
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
burnverbUS /bɜːrn/
To consume or be consumed by fire.
From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
caves
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
chase
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
chestnut-copses
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
close
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
cool
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
coral-flowered
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
count
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
crate
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
Cry
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
Cyprian
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
deer
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
dew
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
Down
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
Drops
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
dying
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
ear
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
elm
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
eyes
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
face
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
fallen
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
fight
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
filch
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
filmy
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
foster-brother
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
girl
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
green
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
grey-eyed
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
grove
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
Hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
hooting
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
hornèd
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
Itys
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
ivory-limbed
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
jacinth
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
jolly
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
kiss
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
lad
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
laugh
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
launch
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
lead
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
leap
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
leaves
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
Lies
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
loosestrife
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
maid
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
master
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
mouth
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
myrtle-hidden
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
Mænad
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
nest
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
nested
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
O
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
old
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
one's
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
out
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
overweighs
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
owlet
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
pain
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
Pans
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
passion-wearied
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
plums
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
poison
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
pride
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
prince
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
Proteus
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
purple
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
remorse
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
ride
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
rush
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
Satyrs
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
scared
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
see
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
ships
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
shore
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
shrilly
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
Sing
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
sits
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
sleeping
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
softly
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
Some
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
soon
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
spoil
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
Stain
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
state
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
store
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
strawberries
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
streaming
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
then
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
thick
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
thrush
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
TillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
Trample
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
Tyrian
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
valley
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
vans
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
velvet-coated
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
vine-leaves
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
virgin
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
wake
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
warned
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From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
waves
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
waxen
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
white-plumed
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From this reading Cry out aloud on Itys! memory That foster-brother of remorse and pain Drops poison in mine ear,—O to be free, To burn one’s old ships! and to launch again Into the white-plumed battle of the waves And fight old Proteus for the spoil of coral-flowered caves!
wicker
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From this reading Down the green valley where the fallen dew Lies thick beneath the elm and count her store, Till the brown Satyrs in a jolly crew Trample the loosestrife down along the shore, And where their hornèd master sits in state Bring strawberries and bloomy plums upon a wicker crate!
Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Has scared the hooting owlet to its nest, And warned the bat to close its filmy vans, Some Mænad girl with vine-leaves on her breast Will filch their beech-nuts from the sleeping Pans So softly that the little nested thrush Will never wake, and then with shrilly laugh and leap will rush
woe
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
wretched
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From this reading Sing on! and I the dying boy will see Stain with his purple blood the waxen bell That overweighs the jacinth, and to me The wretched Cyprian her woe will tell, And I will kiss her mouth and streaming eyes, And lead her to the myrtle-hidden grove where Adon lies!
yon
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From this reading Sing on! and soon with passion-wearied face Through the cool leaves Apollo’s lad will come, The Tyrian prince his bristled boar will chase Adown the chestnut-copses all a-bloom, And ivory-limbed, grey-eyed, with look of pride, After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
