Chapter IV · Chapter 4

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

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the state of being absent

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

acted upon; influenced

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

how long something has existed

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

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

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

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

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

possessive form of “art” — the products of human creativity; works of art collectively

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

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

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

English lyric poet (1887-1915)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

an occurrence of something

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage

From this reading Rupert Brooke left the world in a chariot of fire.

pleasing or delighting

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

having or capable of producing colors

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

easily diffused or spread as from one person to another

From this reading He was overflowing with tremendous, contagious vitality.

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

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a cynical feeling of distrust

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

plural of “davy” — English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light

From this reading It was as a Personality that he dazzled his friends.

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

serving to describe or inform or characterized by description

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a branch of knowledge

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

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From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

of or relating to an article stating opinions or giving perspectives

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

one or the other of two

From this reading He was something more than either a man or a poet; he was and is a Personality.

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From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

plural of “excess” — a quantity much larger than is needed

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

start firing a weapon

From this reading Rupert Brooke left the world in a chariot of fire.

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From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a predisposition to like something

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading It was as a Personality that he dazzled his friends.

the state of being friends (or friendly)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

shining intensely

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

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From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

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 BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

possessive form of “hawthorne” — United States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

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

From this reading He was something more than either a man or a poet; he was and is a Personality.

having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

intense and profound fear

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

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

From this reading Rupert Brooke left the world in a chariot of fire.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading He was something more than either a man or a poet; he was and is a Personality.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was as a Personality that he dazzled his friends.

a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

possessive form of “james” — a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading Rupert Brooke left the world in a chariot of fire.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading He was something more than either a man or a poet; he was and is a Personality.

female equine animal

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

an artist of consummate skill

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

involving the mind or an intellectual process

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading He was something more than either a man or a poet; he was and is a Personality.

a form of address for a man

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

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

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

not any; not one

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading He was something more than either a man or a poet; he was and is a Personality.

the ability to think and act independently

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

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

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

covered with water

From this reading He was overflowing with tremendous, contagious vitality.

a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the property of a continuous and connected period of time

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

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

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

literature in metrical form

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

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

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

occurring or coming into existence after a person's death

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a flattering commendation (especially when used for promotional purposes)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

deeply or seriously thoughtful

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

formality and propriety of manner

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a reason for wanting something done

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

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

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

plural of “sketch” — preliminary drawing for later elaboration

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

an ability that has been acquired by training

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading He was something more than either a man or a poet; he was and is a Personality.

plural of “sonnet” — a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the vital principle or animating force within living things

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

young nobleman attendant on a knight

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

make steady

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

final or last in your life or progress

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading He was something more than either a man or a poet; he was and is a Personality.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It was as a Personality that he dazzled his friends.

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

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a vagrant

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a person who translates written messages from one language to another

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree

From this reading He was overflowing with tremendous, contagious vitality.

something given or done as an expression of esteem

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

an energetic style

From this reading He was overflowing with tremendous, contagious vitality.

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

German conductor (1876-1962)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading He was something more than either a man or a poet; he was and is a Personality.

creating fabric

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

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

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

in the company of; together with

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Rupert Brooke left the world in a chariot of fire.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.

a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading BROOKE, FLECKER, DE LA MARE, AND OTHERS Rupert Brooke--a personality--the spirit of youth--his horror at old age--Henry James's tribute--his education--a genius--his poems of death--his affected cynicism--his nature poems--war sonnets--his supreme sacrifice--his charming humour--his masterpiece, _Grantchester_.--James Elroy Flecker--the editorial work of Mr. Squire--no posthumous puffery--the case of Crashaw--life of Flecker--his fondness for revision--his friendship with Rupert Brooke--his skill as a translator--his austerity--art for art's sake--his "brightness"--love of Greek mythology--steady mental development--his definition of the aim of poetry.--Walter De La Mare--the poet of shadow--Hawthorne's tales--his persistence--his reflective mood--his descriptive style--his Shakespeare characters--his sketches from life.--D. H. Lawrence--his lack of discipline--his subjectivity--absence of reserve--a master of colour--his glaring excesses.--John Drinkwater--the west of England--his healthy spirit.--W. H. Davies--the tramp poet.--Edward Thomas--his death--originality of his work.--Robert Nichols--Willoughby Weaving.--The young Oxford poets.