Chapter 19 of The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 19 of The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RIBERA. What ails you, daughter? You forget yourself. Your tongue cleaves to your mouth. You sit and muse, A statue of white silence.
Chapter 19 of The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “ail” — aromatic bulb used as seasoning
From this reading “What ails you, daughter?”
third-person singular of “cleave” — separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
From this reading “Your tongue cleaves to your mouth.”
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “You forget yourself.”
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading “Your tongue cleaves to your mouth.”
in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
From this reading “You sit and muse, A statue of white silence.”
be seated
From this reading “You sit and muse, A statue of white silence.”
a sculpture representing a human or animal
From this reading “You sit and muse, A statue of white silence.”
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading “Your tongue cleaves to your mouth.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading You sit and muse, A statue of white silence.
plural of “ail” — aromatic bulb used as seasoning
From this reading What ails you, daughter?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You sit and muse, A statue of white silence.
third-person singular of “cleave” — separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
From this reading Your tongue cleaves to your mouth.
a female human offspring
From this reading What ails you, daughter?
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading You forget yourself.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Your tongue cleaves to your mouth.
in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
From this reading You sit and muse, A statue of white silence.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You sit and muse, A statue of white silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RIBERA.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading You sit and muse, A statue of white silence.
be seated
From this reading You sit and muse, A statue of white silence.
a sculpture representing a human or animal
From this reading You sit and muse, A statue of white silence.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Your tongue cleaves to your mouth.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading Your tongue cleaves to your mouth.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What ails you, daughter?
a Caucasian
From this reading You sit and muse, A statue of white silence.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What ails you, daughter?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your tongue cleaves to your mouth.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading You forget yourself.
Chapter 19 of The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Emma Lazarus holds 170 sentences, grouped into 34 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 19 holds 170 sentences of The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
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