Chapter 9 of The Complete Poetical Works of Henry is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Complete Poetical Works of Henry is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
And hurried landward far away, Crying, "Awake! it is the day." It said unto the forest, "Shout! Hang all your leafy banners out!" It touched the wood-bird's folded wing, And said, "O bird, awake and sing." And o'er the farms, "O chanticleer, Your clarion blow; the day is near."
Chapter 9 of The Complete Poetical Works of Henry is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “banner” — long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
From this reading “Hang all your leafy banners out!"”
blow the clarion
From this reading “And o'er the farms, "O chanticleer, Your clarion blow; the day is near."”
plural of “farm” — workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
From this reading “And o'er the farms, "O chanticleer, Your clarion blow; the day is near."”
past form of “fold” — bend or lay so that one part covers the other
From this reading “It touched the wood-bird's folded wing, And said, "O bird, awake and sing."”
toward land
From this reading “And hurried landward far away, Crying, "Awake! it is the day."”
having or covered with leaves
From this reading “Hang all your leafy banners out!"”
utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
From this reading “It said unto the forest, "Shout!”
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading “It touched the wood-bird's folded wing, And said, "O bird, awake and sing."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 Hang all your leafy banners out!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And hurried landward far away, Crying, "Awake! it is the day."
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading And hurried landward far away, Crying, "Awake! it is the day."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading And hurried landward far away, Crying, "Awake! it is the day."
plural of “banner” — long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
From this reading Hang all your leafy banners out!"
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading It touched the wood-bird's folded wing, And said, "O bird, awake and sing."
exhale hard
From this reading And o'er the farms, "O chanticleer, Your clarion blow; the day is near."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And o'er the farms, "O chanticleer, Your clarion blow; the day is near."
blow the clarion
From this reading And o'er the farms, "O chanticleer, Your clarion blow; the day is near."
demanding attention
From this reading And hurried landward far away, Crying, "Awake! it is the day."
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading And hurried landward far away, Crying, "Awake! it is the day."
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading And hurried landward far away, Crying, "Awake! it is the day."
plural of “farm” — workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
From this reading And o'er the farms, "O chanticleer, Your clarion blow; the day is near."
past form of “fold” — bend or lay so that one part covers the other
From this reading It touched the wood-bird's folded wing, And said, "O bird, awake and sing."
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading It said unto the forest, "Shout!
be suspended or hanging
From this reading Hang all your leafy banners out!"
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading And hurried landward far away, Crying, "Awake! it is the day."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And hurried landward far away, Crying, "Awake! it is the day."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And hurried landward far away, Crying, "Awake! it is the day."
toward land
From this reading And hurried landward far away, Crying, "Awake! it is the day."
having or covered with leaves
From this reading Hang all your leafy banners out!"
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading And o'er the farms, "O chanticleer, Your clarion blow; the day is near."
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 It touched the wood-bird's folded wing, And said, "O bird, awake and sing."
throughout a period of time
From this reading And o'er the farms, "O chanticleer, Your clarion blow; the day is near."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Hang all your leafy banners out!"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading It said unto the forest, "Shout!
utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
From this reading It said unto the forest, "Shout!
deliver by singing
From this reading It touched the wood-bird's folded wing, And said, "O bird, awake and sing."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And hurried landward far away, Crying, "Awake! it is the day."
having come into contact
From this reading It touched the wood-bird's folded wing, And said, "O bird, awake and sing."
an old word for “to”
From this reading It said unto the forest, "Shout!
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading It touched the wood-bird's folded wing, And said, "O bird, awake and sing."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It touched the wood-bird's folded wing, And said, "O bird, awake and sing."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Hang all your leafy banners out!"
Chapter 9 of The Complete Poetical Works of Henry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow holds 472 sentences, grouped into 95 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 9 holds 472 sentences of The Complete Poetical Works of Henry, unabridged, divided into 95 reading sections.
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