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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
accents
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
again
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From this reading Three moons have waned, and the Palmer, again, By Gertrude stands, and smileth fain; Nor of haste, nor of death, speaks the Palmer, now; Nor doth sadness or sorrow bedim his brow.
alasexclamationUS /əˈlæs/
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
all
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
beams
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
bedim
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From this reading Three moons have waned, and the Palmer, again, By Gertrude stands, and smileth fain; Nor of haste, nor of death, speaks the Palmer, now; Nor doth sadness or sorrow bedim his brow.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
bloodnounUS /blʌd/
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
bright
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
brow
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From this reading Three moons have waned, and the Palmer, again, By Gertrude stands, and smileth fain; Nor of haste, nor of death, speaks the Palmer, now; Nor doth sadness or sorrow bedim his brow.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
castle
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
chivalrous
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From this reading He softly sits by the ladye's side, And vaunteth his deeds of chivalrous pride; Then lisps, in her secret ear, of things Which deeply endanger the thrones of kings:
Clifford's
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
come
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
days
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
De
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
dead
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
death
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
deathly
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
deeds
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From this reading He softly sits by the ladye's side, And vaunteth his deeds of chivalrous pride; Then lisps, in her secret ear, of things Which deeply endanger the thrones of kings:
deeply
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From this reading He softly sits by the ladye's side, And vaunteth his deeds of chivalrous pride; Then lisps, in her secret ear, of things Which deeply endanger the thrones of kings:
dothauxiliary verbUS /dɔːθ/
an old form of “does”
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
dread
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
drear
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
ear
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
endanger
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From this reading He softly sits by the ladye's side, And vaunteth his deeds of chivalrous pride; Then lisps, in her secret ear, of things Which deeply endanger the thrones of kings:
Entwined
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
fain
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From this reading Three moons have waned, and the Palmer, again, By Gertrude stands, and smileth fain; Nor of haste, nor of death, speaks the Palmer, now; Nor doth sadness or sorrow bedim his brow.
fall
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
gate
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
gave
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
Gertrude
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
gloomy
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
hair
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
hand
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
haste
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
Holy
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
home
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
hours
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
kings
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From this reading He softly sits by the ladye's side, And vaunteth his deeds of chivalrous pride; Then lisps, in her secret ear, of things Which deeply endanger the thrones of kings:
knightly
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
ladye
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
ladye's
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
Land
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
like
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
lisps
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From this reading He softly sits by the ladye's side, And vaunteth his deeds of chivalrous pride; Then lisps, in her secret ear, of things Which deeply endanger the thrones of kings:
live-long
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
lock
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
loneliness
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
Lorn
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
meed-won
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
moons
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
morn
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
night
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Three moons have waned, and the Palmer, again, By Gertrude stands, and smileth fain; Nor of haste, nor of death, speaks the Palmer, now; Nor doth sadness or sorrow bedim his brow.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
now
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Three moons have waned, and the Palmer, again, By Gertrude stands, and smileth fain; Nor of haste, nor of death, speaks the Palmer, now; Nor doth sadness or sorrow bedim his brow.
Palmer
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
pines
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
plight
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
prays
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
pride
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From this reading He softly sits by the ladye's side, And vaunteth his deeds of chivalrous pride; Then lisps, in her secret ear, of things Which deeply endanger the thrones of kings:
Raymond
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
Raymond's
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
reverend
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
Richard's
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
Rood
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
sadness
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From this reading Three moons have waned, and the Palmer, again, By Gertrude stands, and smileth fain; Nor of haste, nor of death, speaks the Palmer, now; Nor doth sadness or sorrow bedim his brow.
saith
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
Saracen's
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading He softly sits by the ladye's side, And vaunteth his deeds of chivalrous pride; Then lisps, in her secret ear, of things Which deeply endanger the thrones of kings:
sees
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
shines
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
side
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
Sir
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
sits
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From this reading He softly sits by the ladye's side, And vaunteth his deeds of chivalrous pride; Then lisps, in her secret ear, of things Which deeply endanger the thrones of kings:
smileth
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From this reading Three moons have waned, and the Palmer, again, By Gertrude stands, and smileth fain; Nor of haste, nor of death, speaks the Palmer, now; Nor doth sadness or sorrow bedim his brow.
softly
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From this reading He softly sits by the ladye's side, And vaunteth his deeds of chivalrous pride; Then lisps, in her secret ear, of things Which deeply endanger the thrones of kings:
sorrow
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From this reading Three moons have waned, and the Palmer, again, By Gertrude stands, and smileth fain; Nor of haste, nor of death, speaks the Palmer, now; Nor doth sadness or sorrow bedim his brow.
speaks
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From this reading Three moons have waned, and the Palmer, again, By Gertrude stands, and smileth fain; Nor of haste, nor of death, speaks the Palmer, now; Nor doth sadness or sorrow bedim his brow.
sped
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
splinter
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
spoken
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
stained
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
stands
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From this reading Three moons have waned, and the Palmer, again, By Gertrude stands, and smileth fain; Nor of haste, nor of death, speaks the Palmer, now; Nor doth sadness or sorrow bedim his brow.
sun
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
telleth
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
Then
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
things
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From this reading He softly sits by the ladye's side, And vaunteth his deeds of chivalrous pride; Then lisps, in her secret ear, of things Which deeply endanger the thrones of kings:
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
Three
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From this reading Three moons have waned, and the Palmer, again, By Gertrude stands, and smileth fain; Nor of haste, nor of death, speaks the Palmer, now; Nor doth sadness or sorrow bedim his brow.
thrones
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From this reading He softly sits by the ladye's side, And vaunteth his deeds of chivalrous pride; Then lisps, in her secret ear, of things Which deeply endanger the thrones of kings:
ThroughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
thus
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
token
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
Twas
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
Twelve
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
vaunteth
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From this reading He softly sits by the ladye's side, And vaunteth his deeds of chivalrous pride; Then lisps, in her secret ear, of things Which deeply endanger the thrones of kings:
waileth
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
wait
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
waned
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
weary
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
Weepeth
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
weeping
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
went
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
WhichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He softly sits by the ladye's side, And vaunteth his deeds of chivalrous pride; Then lisps, in her secret ear, of things Which deeply endanger the thrones of kings:
widow
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
widowed
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From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And he gave to the ladye, when thus he had spoken,-- Of Sir Raymond's fall a deathly token: 'Twas a lock of his hair all stained with blood, Entwined on a splinter of Holy Rood.-- Then the Palmer in haste from the castle sped; And from gloomy morn to weary night, Lorn Gertrude, in her widowed plight, Weepeth and waileth the knightly dead.--
words
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From this reading He saith he hath words for the ladye's ear; And he telleth, in accents dread and drear, Of De Clifford's death in the Holy Land, At Richard's side, by a Saracen's hand.
year
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From this reading His Gertrude, alas! like a widow pines; And though on her castle the bright sun shines, She sees not its beams,--but in loneliness prays, Through the live-long hours of her weeping days.-- Twelve moons have waned, and the morn is come When, a year before, from his meed-won home Sir Raymond went:--At the castle gate A reverend Palmer now doth wait.
