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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
arms
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
Chases
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From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
clad
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
clear
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
curtains
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From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
Damaris
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From this reading The desert stretched before Damaris.
dawn
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From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
Day
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
desert
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From this reading The desert stretched before Damaris.
draperies
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
drawn
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From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
dusky
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
East
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From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
eyes
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
fear
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
field
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
fled
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
flinging
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
garments
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
Gathering
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
gloom
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From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
golden
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
grey
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
hair
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
hiding
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
horizon
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
iris
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
jewels
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
leaped
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
leaving
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
LEWIS
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From this reading SIR LEWIS MORRIS.
lies
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
light
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From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
like
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
love
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
lover
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
melted
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
misty
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
MORRIS
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From this reading SIR LEWIS MORRIS.
night
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From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
purple
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
pursuit
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
quick
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
raiment
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
saffron
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
sandy
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
scarves
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
seeming
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
sighs
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From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
silver-embroidered
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
SIR
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From this reading SIR LEWIS MORRIS.
starry
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
stretched
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From this reading The desert stretched before Damaris.
string
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
sweet-scented
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
tis
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From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
trail
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
warmth
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From this reading Gathering her draperies, hiding her starry jewels in misty scarves, Night fled in seeming fear, leaving behind her a trail of sweet-scented, silver-embroidered purple, grey and saffron garments, which melted in the warmth of love.
wastes
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
wide
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From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "_The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night; The curtains of the East are drawn And suddenly--'tis light_."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As a lover, clad in golden raiment, in quick pursuit of his love with dusky hair and starry eyes across a field of purple iris, Day flinging wide his arms leaped clear of the horizon which lies like a string across the sandy wastes.
