40
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From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
45
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From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
50
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From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
55
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From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
60
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From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
65
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From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
aeons
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From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
afreshadverbUS /əˈfreʃ/
again but in a new or different way
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
againadverbUS /əˈɡen/
anew
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
airnounUS /er/
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/
(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 And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
asleepadjectiveUS /əˈsliːp/
in a state of sleep
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
authenticadjectiveUS /əˈθentɪk/
conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
beautynounUS /ˈbjuːti/
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
beganverbUS /bɪˈɡæn/
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
Being'snounUS /ˈbiːɪŋz/
possessive form of “being” — the state or fact of existing
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
beingsnounUS /ˈbiːɪŋz/
plural of “being” — the state or fact of existing
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
bownounUS /baʊ/
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
bringverbUS /brɪŋ/
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
buriedadjectiveUS /ˈberid/
placed in a grave
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
burnverbUS /bɜːrn/
To consume or be consumed by fire.
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
clausenounUS /klɔːz/
(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
consciousadjectiveUS /ˈkɑːnʃəs/
intentionally conceived
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
Couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
crueltynounUS /ˈkruːlti/
a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
cursenounUS /kɜːrs/
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
cursingverbUS /ˈkɜːrsɪŋ/
-ing form of “curse” — utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
cyclenounUS /ˈsaɪkəl/
an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
darknounUS /dɑːrk/
absence of light or illumination
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
deadadjectiveUS /ded/
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
delusionnounUS /dɪˈluːʒən/
(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
dissolveverbUS /dɪˈzɑːlv/
become weaker
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
divineadjectiveUS /dɪˈvaɪn/
emanating from God
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
downadjectiveUS /daʊn/
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
earthnounUS /ɜːrθ/
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
earth'snounUS /ɜːrθs/
possessive form of “earth” — the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
elementsnounUS /ˈeləmənts/
violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements)
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
endureverbUS /enˈdjʊr/
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
everadverbUS /ˈevər/
at any time
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
fallverbUS /fɔːl/
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
FatenounUS /feɪt/
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
favournounUS /ˈfeɪvər/
a feeling of favorable regard
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
FiendnounUS /fiːnd/
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
finishverbUS /ˈfɪnɪʃ/
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
fleshnounUS /fleʃ/
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
gallnounUS /ɡɔːl/
an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
gaveverbUS /ɡeɪv/
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
giveverbUS /ɡɪv/
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
GodnounUS /ɡɑːd/
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
GoodadjectiveUS /ɡʊd/
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
gravenounUS /ɡreɪv/
death of a person
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
grave's
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
greatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
Hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
hatenounUS /heɪt/
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
holynounUS /ˈhoʊli/
a sacred place of pilgrimage
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
InfiniteadjectiveUS /ˈɪnfənət/
having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
joinedadjectiveUS /dʒɔɪnd/
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
joynounUS /dʒɔɪ/
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
killedverbUS /kɪld/
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
kindadjectiveUS /kaɪnd/
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
kindnessnounUS /ˈkaɪndnəs/
the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
knifenounUS /naɪf/
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
lastadjectiveUS /læst/
immediately past
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
lawsnounUS /lɔːz/
the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
lifenounUS /laɪf/
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
livingnounUS /ˈlɪvɪŋ/
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
lovenounUS /lʌv/
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
MadeadjectiveUS /meɪd/
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
mammothadjectiveUS /ˈmæməθ/
so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
mannounUS /mæn/
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
mennounUS /men/
the force of workers available
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
mergeverbUS /mɜːrdʒ/
become one
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
mostadverbUS /moʊst/
used to form the superlative
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
mouldering
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
namesnounUS /neɪmz/
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
neveradverbUS /ˈnevər/
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
nowadverbUS /naʊ/
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
obsceneadjectiveUS /ɑːbˈsiːn/
designed to incite to indecency or lust
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
otheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
ownverbUS /oʊn/
have ownership or possession of
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
peacenounUS /piːs/
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
PersonnounUS /ˈpɜːrsən/
a human being
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
pinenounUS /paɪn/
a coniferous tree
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
placenounUS /pleɪs/
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
plantsnounUS /plænts/
plural of “plant” — buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
poisonverbUS /ˈpɔɪzən/
spoil as if by poison
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
quietadjectiveUS /ˈkwaɪət/
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
racenounUS /reɪs/
any competition
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
satiateverb
fill to satisfaction
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
Shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
sightnounUS /saɪt/
an instance of visual perception
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
specialadjectiveUS /ˈspeʃəl/
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
supremeadjectiveUS /səˈpriːm/
final or last in your life or progress
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
sureadjectiveUS /ʃʊr/
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
ThereadverbUS /ðer/
in or at that place or location
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
thingnounUS /θɪŋ/
a special situation
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
thusadverbUS /ðʌs/
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
tidingsnounUS /ˈtaɪdɪŋz/
information about recent and important events
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
tigersnounUS /ˈtaɪɡərz/
a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
time-doom
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
toadsnounUS /toʊdz/
plural of “toad” — any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
tombnounUS /tuːm/
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
torturesnounUS /ˈtɔːrtʃərz/
plural of “torture” — extreme mental distress
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
universaladjectiveUS /ˌjuːnəˈvɜːrsəl/
of worldwide scope or applicability
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
vulturesnounUS /ˈvʌltʃərz/
plural of “vulture” — any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
wakeverbUS /weɪk/
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
waternounUS /ˈwɔːtər/
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
WhichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
WhompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was the dark delusion of a dream, That living Person conscious and supreme, Whom we must curse for cursing us with life; 45 Whom we must curse because the life he gave Could not be buried in the quiet grave, Could not be killed by poison or the knife.
WhosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading This little life is all we must endure, The grave's most holy peace is ever sure, 50 We fall asleep and never wake again; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
WitnessedverbUS /ˈwɪtnəst/
past form of “witness” — be a witness to
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
wombnounUS /wuːm/
a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
wordnounUS /wɜːrd/
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
wrathnounUS /ræθ/
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
From this reading 60 We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate: If toads and vultures are obscene to sight, If tigers burn with beauty and with might, 65 Is it by favour or by wrath of Fate?
wretchedadjectiveUS /ˈretʃɪd/
of very poor quality or condition
From this reading We finish thus; and all our wretched race 55 Shall finish with its cycle, and give place To other beings with their own time-doom: Infinite aeons ere our kind began; Infinite aeons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth's tomb and womb.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all: There is no God; no Fiend with names divine 40 Made us and tortures us; if we must pine, It is to satiate no Being's gall.
