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Remember the Alamo

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of Remember the Alamo is here in full — 331 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Amelia E. Barr • Curated US English Learning Edition

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“How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

* * * * * By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

“How shall we rank thee upon glory’s page?

Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage.”

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Chapter XV Reading 1/66

Remember the Alamo

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of Remember the Alamo is here in full — 331 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/66 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

“How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

Line 2

* * * * * By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

Line 3

There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

Line 4

“How shall we rank thee upon glory’s page?

Line 5

Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage.”

All words in this reading · 55

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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a

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

all

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From this reading “How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

And

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

awhile

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

bless

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

bless'd

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From this reading “How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

brave

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From this reading “How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

By

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From this reading “How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

clay

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

comes

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

country's

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From this reading “How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

dirge

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From this reading * * * * * By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

dwell

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

fairy

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From this reading * * * * * By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

forms

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From this reading * * * * * By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

Freedom

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

glory's

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From this reading “How shall we rank thee upon glory’s page?

gray

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

hands

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From this reading * * * * * By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

hermit

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

Honor

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

How

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From this reading “How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

is

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From this reading * * * * * By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

just

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From this reading Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage.”

knell

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From this reading * * * * * By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

less

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From this reading Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage.”

more

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From this reading Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage.”

page

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From this reading “How shall we rank thee upon glory’s page?

pilgrim

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

rank

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From this reading “How shall we rank thee upon glory’s page?

repair

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

rest

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From this reading “How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

rung

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From this reading * * * * * By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

sage

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From this reading Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage.”

shall

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

sink

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From this reading “How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

sleep

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From this reading “How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

soldier

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From this reading Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage.”

sung

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From this reading * * * * * By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

than

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From this reading Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage.”

that

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

the

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From this reading “How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

thee

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From this reading “How shall we rank thee upon glory’s page?

their

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From this reading “How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

There

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

Thou

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From this reading Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage.”

to

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From this reading “How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

turf

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

unseen

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From this reading * * * * * By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

upon

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From this reading “How shall we rank thee upon glory’s page?

we

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From this reading “How shall we rank thee upon glory’s page?

weeping

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

who

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From this reading “How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

wishes

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From this reading “How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes bless’d?

wraps

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From this reading There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.”

Chapter 15 of Remember the Alamo by Amelia E. Barr holds 331 sentences, grouped into 67 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 15 of Remember the Alamo contain?

Chapter 15 holds 331 sentences of Remember the Alamo, unabridged, divided into 67 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 15 of Remember the Alamo by Amelia E. Barr exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 331 sentences, grouped into 67 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

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Work through the 67 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Vocabulary met early in Remember the Alamo

Words and structures a reader meets early in Remember the Alamo, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Stepping: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Remember the Alamo; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Westward: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Remember the Alamo; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Advance: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Remember the Alamo; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Though: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Remember the Alamo; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.