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Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of The Grey Brethren, and Other Fragments in is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Michael Fairless • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Spring HARK how the merry daffodils, Fling golden music to the hills!

And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

Out, out, ye flowers!

Up and shout!

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The Grey Brethren, and Other Fragments in

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of The Grey Brethren, and Other Fragments in is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Spring HARK how the merry daffodils, Fling golden music to the hills!

Line 2

And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

Line 3

The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

Line 4

Out, out, ye flowers!

Line 5

Up and shout!

All words in this reading · 51

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a

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

all

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

And

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

branch

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

brown

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

crown

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

daffodils

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From this reading Spring HARK how the merry daffodils, Fling golden music to the hills!

dances

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

down

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

earth

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

echoing

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

Fling

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From this reading Spring HARK how the merry daffodils, Fling golden music to the hills!

flowers

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From this reading Out, out, ye flowers!

from

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

frown

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

golden

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From this reading Spring HARK how the merry daffodils, Fling golden music to the hills!

HARK

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From this reading Spring HARK how the merry daffodils, Fling golden music to the hills!

hedge

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

hills

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From this reading Spring HARK how the merry daffodils, Fling golden music to the hills!

how

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From this reading Spring HARK how the merry daffodils, Fling golden music to the hills!

jewelled

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

liquid

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

merry

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From this reading Spring HARK how the merry daffodils, Fling golden music to the hills!

mock

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

moorland

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

murmurs

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

music

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From this reading Spring HARK how the merry daffodils, Fling golden music to the hills!

of

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

Out

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From this reading Out, out, ye flowers!

pleasure

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

released

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

rills

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

send

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

Shews

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

shout

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From this reading Up and shout!

song-birds

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

Spring

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From this reading Spring HARK how the merry daffodils, Fling golden music to the hills!

That

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

the

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From this reading Spring HARK how the merry daffodils, Fling golden music to the hills!

thousand

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

Through

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

to

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From this reading Spring HARK how the merry daffodils, Fling golden music to the hills!

trills

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

turf

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

Up

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From this reading Up and shout!

While

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

willow

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

wind-swept

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From this reading And how the hills send echoing down, Through wind-swept turf and moorland brown, The murmurs of a thousand rills That mock the song-birds’ liquid trills!

Winter's

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

with

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From this reading The hedge released from Winter’s frown Shews jewelled branch and willow crown; While all the earth with pleasure trills, And ‘dances with the daffodils.’

ye

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From this reading Out, out, ye flowers!

Chapter 3 of The Grey Brethren, and Other Fragments in by Michael Fairless holds 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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.

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Chapter 3 holds 167 sentences of The Grey Brethren, and Other Fragments in, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.

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