Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

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

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

the state of being absent

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

later than; following

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

anew

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

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

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

Muslim name for the one and only God

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

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

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

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

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

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

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

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

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

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From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

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

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

have

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

see with attention

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

dearly loved

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

be a signal for or a symptom of

From this reading And he ceased not to bespeak him fair and comfort him till his trouble subsided; and they continued their journey with all diligence.

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From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

a strong flame that burns brightly

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

show off

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

a division of some larger or more complex organization

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

inflected form of “breed” — call forth

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

To consume or be consumed by fire.

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

the act of burning something

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

showing who or what does the action

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

past form of “cease” — put an end to a state or an activity

From this reading And he ceased not to bespeak him fair and comfort him till his trouble subsided; and they continued their journey with all diligence.

a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

From this reading And he ceased not to bespeak him fair and comfort him till his trouble subsided; and they continued their journey with all diligence.

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

without stop or interruption

From this reading And he ceased not to bespeak him fair and comfort him till his trouble subsided; and they continued their journey with all diligence.

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From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

although something is true; in spite of

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

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From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation

From this reading And he ceased not to bespeak him fair and comfort him till his trouble subsided; and they continued their journey with all diligence.

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From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

having come or been brought to a conclusion

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

put up with something or somebody unpleasant

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

at any time

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

opinion or judgment

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

third-person singular of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading And he ceased not to bespeak him fair and comfort him till his trouble subsided; and they continued their journey with all diligence.

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From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

plural of “fish” — any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

plural of “foe” — an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

plural of “glow” — an alert and refreshed state

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

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

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

an old form of “has”

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

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

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

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

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

a specific instance of feeling hopeful

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

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

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

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From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

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From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

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

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

a quantity that is added

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

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From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

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

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

become part of; become a member of a group or organization

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading And he ceased not to bespeak him fair and comfort him till his trouble subsided; and they continued their journey with all diligence.

possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

a relaxed comfortable feeling

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

immediately past

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

weight to be borne or conveyed

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

plural of “longing” — prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

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From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

past form of “loose” — grant freedom to; free from confinement

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

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From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

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

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

a person authorized to conduct religious worship

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

treat with contempt

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

a quantity of no importance

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

not any; not one

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading And he ceased not to bespeak him fair and comfort him till his trouble subsided; and they continued their journey with all diligence.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

cause to feel resentment or indignation

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

an effortful attempt to attain a goal

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

plural of “pang” — a sudden sharp feeling

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

a strong feeling or emotion

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

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From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

a coniferous tree

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

experiencing or manifesting pleasure

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

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From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

in the near future

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

past form of “recite” — recite in elocution

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

move upward

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

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From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

except for; apart from

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

plural of “show” — the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

an instance of visual perception

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

a male human offspring

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

hurting

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

German Nazi architect who worked for Hitler (1905-1981)

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

past form of “sprinkle” — distribute loosely

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

past form of “subside” — wear off or die down

From this reading And he ceased not to bespeak him fair and comfort him till his trouble subsided; and they continued their journey with all diligence.

someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

utter obscenities or profanities

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

past form of “swoon” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

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From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

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

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading And he ceased not to bespeak him fair and comfort him till his trouble subsided; and they continued their journey with all diligence.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

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

From this reading And he ceased not to bespeak him fair and comfort him till his trouble subsided; and they continued their journey with all diligence.

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

violent pangs of suffering

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

up to a particular time

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

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

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

a source of difficulty

From this reading And he ceased not to bespeak him fair and comfort him till his trouble subsided; and they continued their journey with all diligence.

physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

up to a particular time

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

literature in metrical form

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

a bodily organ that is essential for life

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

look attentively

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

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From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

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From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

at the time that

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

during the time that

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

which person or people

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

belonging to which person

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

hope for; have a wish

From this reading Presently, the Prince again became impatient of the length of the way and bethought him of his beloved and recited these couplets, “Longsome is absence, restlessness increaseth and despite; * And burn my vitals in the blaze my love and longings light: Grows my hair gray from pains and pangs which I am doomèd bear * For pine, while tear-floods stream from eyes and sore offend my sight: I swear, O Hope of me, O End of every wish and will, * By Him who made mankind and every branch with leafage dight, A passion-load for thee, O my Desire, I must endure, * And boast I that to bear such load no lover hath the might.

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From this reading When he ended his verse he swooned away and the Wazir sprinkled rose-water on him, till the Prince came to himself, when the Minister said to him, “O King’s son, possess thy soul in patience; for the consequence of patience is consolation, and behold, thou art on the way to whatso thou wishest.”

in the company of; together with

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

plural of “woe” — misery resulting from affliction

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

a person who has religious faith

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

plural of “wrong” — that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

but in spite of that

From this reading Though hard appear my hope to win, though languor aye increase, * And after thee my patience fails and ne’er a helper shows; Yet will I wait till Allah shall be pleased to join our loves; * I’ll mortify the jealous and I’ll mock me of my foes.”

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “My longing bred of love with mine unease for ever grows; * Nor against all the wrongs of time one succourer arose: When Pleiads and the Fishes show in sky the rise I watch, * As worshipper within whose breast a pious burning glows: For Star o’ Morn I speer until at last when it is seen, * I’m madded with my passion and my fancy’s woes and throes: I swear by you that never from your love have I been loosed; * Naught am I save a watcher who of slumber nothing knows!