Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
abandoned
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
all
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Horror lay behind her at Les Solitudes, a long, low cloud on the horizon to which she had turned her back.
back
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Horror lay behind her at Les Solitudes, a long, low cloud on the horizon to which she had turned her back.
bare
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Horror lay behind her at Les Solitudes, a long, low cloud on the horizon to which she had turned her back.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
blackly
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
brightness
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
catacombs
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
ceased
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
climbed
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
cloud
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Horror lay behind her at Les Solitudes, a long, low cloud on the horizon to which she had turned her back.
clumps
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
cottage
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
crossed
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
desolate
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
down
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
Downs
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
far
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
filled
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
fuchsia
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
Goonhilly
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
hedgerow
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
hill-sides
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
horizon
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Horror lay behind her at Les Solitudes, a long, low cloud on the horizon to which she had turned her back.
Horror
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Horror lay behind her at Les Solitudes, a long, low cloud on the horizon to which she had turned her back.
hours
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
immensities
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
involuntary
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
Karen
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
lay
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Horror lay behind her at Les Solitudes, a long, low cloud on the horizon to which she had turned her back.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
Les
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Horror lay behind her at Les Solitudes, a long, low cloud on the horizon to which she had turned her back.
light
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
like
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Horror lay behind her at Les Solitudes, a long, low cloud on the horizon to which she had turned her back.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
low
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Horror lay behind her at Les Solitudes, a long, low cloud on the horizon to which she had turned her back.
mementoes
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
memoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
mines
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
monotonies
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
moonlight
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
never-ending
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
passing
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
plunged
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
quarries
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
rhythm
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
roads
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
Schubert's
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
shadowed
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
silver
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
slept
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
Solitudes
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Horror lay behind her at Les Solitudes, a long, low cloud on the horizon to which she had turned her back.
sometimes
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
sound
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
space
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
spreading
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
strains
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
symphonies
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
thistle-down
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
tired
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
tombs
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had climbed bare hill-sides where abandoned mines or quarries had left desolate mementoes that looked in the moonlight like ancient tombs and catacombs.
trees
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
turned
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Horror lay behind her at Les Solitudes, a long, low cloud on the horizon to which she had turned her back.
unearthly
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
vast
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
veronica
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
vision
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
wafted
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Horror lay behind her at Les Solitudes, a long, low cloud on the horizon to which she had turned her back.
wide
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to Karen, after hours had passed, that she had ceased to be tired and that her body, wafted by an involuntary rhythm, was as light as thistle-down on the wind.
winding
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had plunged down winding roads, blackly shadowed by their hedgerow trees, passing sometimes a cottage that slept between its clumps of fuchsia and veronica.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had crossed the Goonhilly Downs where the moonlight, spreading far and wide with vast unearthly brightness, filled all the vision with immensities of space and brought memories of strains from Schubert's symphonies, silver monotonies of never-ending sound.
