Chapter I

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From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

in the middle of; surrounded by

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

something written by one's own hand

From this reading And when plain folks request My autograph, then, throwin’ out my chest, I’llst make them wish that they wast great like me!

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

the past participle of “be”

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

showing who or what does the action

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

a period of 100 years

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

relatively low in price or charging low prices

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

From this reading And when plain folks request My autograph, then, throwin’ out my chest, I’llst make them wish that they wast great like me!

largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

clothing in general

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

a plant of the genus Trifolium

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

run or move very quickly or hastily

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

an old form of “do”, used with “thou”

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

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From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

in or to another place

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

to or in any or all places

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

your parents

From this reading And when plain folks request My autograph, then, throwin’ out my chest, I’llst make them wish that they wast great like me!

having or displaying warmth or affection

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

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From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

activities that are enjoyable or amusing

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

plural of “gent” — informal abbreviation of “gentleman”

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading And when plain folks request My autograph, then, throwin’ out my chest, I’llst make them wish that they wast great like me!

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

an old form of “have”, used with “thou”

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

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From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

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From this reading And when plain folks request My autograph, then, throwin’ out my chest, I’llst make them wish that they wast great like me!

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From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

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From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

and nothing more

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

young sheep

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

plural of “lay” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

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From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

engage in

From this reading And when plain folks request My autograph, then, throwin’ out my chest, I’llst make them wish that they wast great like me!

the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

possessive form of “mary” — the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

the location of something surrounded by other things

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

the second day of the week; the first working day

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

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From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading And when plain folks request My autograph, then, throwin’ out my chest, I’llst make them wish that they wast great like me!

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading And when plain folks request My autograph, then, throwin’ out my chest, I’llst make them wish that they wast great like me!

participate in games or sport

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

plural of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

exert pressure or force to or upon

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

past form of “print” — put into print

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

on the contrary

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

express the need or desire for

From this reading And when plain folks request My autograph, then, throwin’ out my chest, I’llst make them wish that they wast great like me!

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

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From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

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From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

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From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

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From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading And when plain folks request My autograph, then, throwin’ out my chest, I’llst make them wish that they wast great like me!

in or at that place or location

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

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From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading And when plain folks request My autograph, then, throwin’ out my chest, I’llst make them wish that they wast great like me!

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

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From this reading And when plain folks request My autograph, then, throwin’ out my chest, I’llst make them wish that they wast great like me!

depleted of strength or energy

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!

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From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

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From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

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From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

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From this reading We’d play amidst the clover sweet with dew, And everywhere that she wast there’d be me, And if she wasn’t, I’dst be elsewhere, too._ CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907, by_ THE CENTURY CO.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

at the time that

From this reading And when plain folks request My autograph, then, throwin’ out my chest, I’llst make them wish that they wast great like me!

at any time that; every time that

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

in or at the place that

From this reading I’m tired dwellin’ midst surroundin’s where Cheap things art always waitin’ to be done: I’dst rather loaf and dream and have long hair Like all great poets dost: and, oh! what fun, To dash off lays and sell them, then and there, Whenever I’llst be needin’ any “mon.”

hope for; have a wish

From this reading And when plain folks request My autograph, then, throwin’ out my chest, I’llst make them wish that they wast great like me!

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From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

in the company of; together with

From this reading _Sometimes I get to wishin’ I might be A little lamb like Mary’s, fond and true, With Susan Sanderson as Mary, see?

produce a literary work

From this reading _Copyright, 1907, by_ FORBES AND COMPANY Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A. I’ve just about madest up my mind to be A poet such as Shakespeare and the rest Of them big literary gents, and dressed In velvet clothes, write up the things I see In some grand style to show that Browning he Hast been done up!