Chapter VIII
Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- . Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
The Black Dwarf
Chapter VIII
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Proud
bird
of
the
mountain,
thy
plume
shall
be
torn!-- .
Return
to
thy
dwelling;
all
lonely,
return;
For
the
blackness
of
ashes
shall
mark
where
it
stood,
And
a
wild
mother
scream
o’er
her
famishing
brood.--CAMPBELL.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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Proud
bird
of
the
mountain,
thy
plume
shall
be
torn!-- .
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Return
to
thy
dwelling;
all
lonely,
return;
For
the
blackness
of
ashes
shall
mark
where
it
stood,
And
a
wild
mother
scream
o’er
her
famishing
brood.--CAMPBELL.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Ashes
noun
US /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading “Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.”
Shall
modal verb
US /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .”
Stood
noun
US /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.”
Thy
determiner
US /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .”
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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 Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
all
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From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
ashesnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
bird
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From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
blackness
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From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
brood
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From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
CAMPBELL
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From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
dwelling
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From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
famishing
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From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
lonely
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From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
mark
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From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
mother
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From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
mountain
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From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
o'er
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From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
plume
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From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
Proud
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From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
Return
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From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
scream
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From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
torn
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From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
wild
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From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.