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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 “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
air
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From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
all
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
appreciated
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
avoid
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
begin
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
breach
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
Breaks
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
breath
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From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
brow
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
clouds
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
converse
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
Countess
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
courtship's
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
Dashleigh
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
day
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
days
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
declining
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
Earl
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
enjoyment
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
especially
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
eyes
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
fast
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
floods
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
flow
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
forget
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
general
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
gentle
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
gone
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
hearts
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
lately
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
leaves
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
less
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
light
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From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
like
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From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
lose
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
love
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From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
made
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
mingled
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
MOORE
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From this reading MOORE.
mountain's
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
much
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
mutual
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
ne'er
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
now
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
o'er
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
Oh
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From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
once
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
plain
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
pleasantly
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
pride
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
QUARRELnounUS /ˈkwɔːrəl/
an angry argument or disagreement
From this reading THE QUARREL.
ray
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
reach
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
reserve
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
ruder
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
rush
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
said
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
seem
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
sever
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
shaken
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From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
shed
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
shook
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From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
smiling
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
society
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
soon
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
spread
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
stream
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
sweetnesses
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
swiftly
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From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
taken
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From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
tempests
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From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
tenderness
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE QUARREL.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
TillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
tone
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
touch
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From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
unkind
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From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
voices
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
waters
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Dashleigh now found less enjoyment in the mutual converse which had once made their days flow so pleasantly and swiftly, and which had been especially appreciated by Dashleigh, whose reserve or pride made him avoid much general society.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
word
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From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
words
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
wore
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From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
wrongly
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From this reading “A something light as air,—a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh! love that tempests never shook A breath, a touch like this hath shaken!
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship’s smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness o’er all they said;— Till fast declining, one by one The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling leaves the mountain’s brow, As though its waters ne’er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods, that part for ever!”
