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Chapter 5 of The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs is here in full — 302 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
123. THE BARD. _Pindaric Ode._ "Ruin seize thee, ruthless King! Confusion on thy banners wait! Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.
Chapter 5 of The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs is here in full — 302 sentences across 61 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 “Confusion on thy banners wait!”
a lyric poet
From this reading “THE BARD.”
possessive form of “conquest” — the act of conquering
From this reading “Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.”
treat with contempt
From this reading “Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.”
a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
From this reading “_Pindaric Ode._ "Ruin seize thee, ruthless King!”
an ode form used by Pindar; has triple groups of triple units
without mercy or pity
From this reading “_Pindaric Ode._ "Ruin seize thee, ruthless King!”
a branch of the Tai languages
From this reading “Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.”
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From this reading 123.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.
plural of “banner” — long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
From this reading Confusion on thy banners wait!
a lyric poet
From this reading THE BARD.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
From this reading Confusion on thy banners wait!
possessive form of “conquest” — the act of conquering
From this reading Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
From this reading Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.
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From this reading Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.
not in action or at work
From this reading Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading _Pindaric Ode._ "Ruin seize thee, ruthless King!
treat with contempt
From this reading Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.
a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
From this reading _Pindaric Ode._ "Ruin seize thee, ruthless King!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Confusion on thy banners wait!
an ode form used by Pindar; has triple groups of triple units
From this reading _Pindaric Ode._ "Ruin seize thee, ruthless King!
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading _Pindaric Ode._ "Ruin seize thee, ruthless King!
without mercy or pity
From this reading _Pindaric Ode._ "Ruin seize thee, ruthless King!
take hold of; grab
From this reading _Pindaric Ode._ "Ruin seize thee, ruthless King!
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BARD.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading _Pindaric Ode._ "Ruin seize thee, ruthless King!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.
a branch of the Tai languages
From this reading Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Confusion on thy banners wait!
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading Confusion on thy banners wait!
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.
Chapter 5 of The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs by Francis Turner [Editor] Palgrave holds 302 sentences, grouped into 61 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 5 holds 302 sentences of The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs, unabridged, divided into 61 reading sections.
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