Chapter 3 of The Second Book of Modern Verse A Selection is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Second Book of Modern Verse A Selection is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Look thou, my son, what wisdom comes to thee! (But oh, that singing mouth, those radiant eyes! Those dancing feet -- that I myself made free! How shall I sadden them to make them wise?) Nay then, thou shalt!
Chapter 3 of The Second Book of Modern Verse A Selection is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
From this reading “Those dancing feet -- that I myself made free!”
an old word for “no”
From this reading “Nay then, thou shalt!”
radiating or as if radiating light
From this reading “(But oh, that singing mouth, those radiant eyes!”
make unhappy
From this reading “How shall I sadden them to make them wise?)”
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Nay then, thou shalt!”
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading “(But oh, that singing mouth, those radiant eyes!”
accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
From this reading “Look thou, my son, what wisdom comes to thee!”
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
From this reading “How shall I sadden them to make them wise?)”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading (But oh, that singing mouth, those radiant eyes!
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Look thou, my son, what wisdom comes to thee!
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
From this reading Those dancing feet -- that I myself made free!
opinion or judgment
From this reading (But oh, that singing mouth, those radiant eyes!
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Those dancing feet -- that I myself made free!
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading Those dancing feet -- that I myself made free!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How shall I sadden them to make them wise?)
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Those dancing feet -- that I myself made free!
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Look thou, my son, what wisdom comes to thee!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Those dancing feet -- that I myself made free!
engage in
From this reading How shall I sadden them to make them wise?)
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading (But oh, that singing mouth, those radiant eyes!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Look thou, my son, what wisdom comes to thee!
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Those dancing feet -- that I myself made free!
an old word for “no”
From this reading Nay then, thou shalt!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading (But oh, that singing mouth, those radiant eyes!
radiating or as if radiating light
From this reading (But oh, that singing mouth, those radiant eyes!
make unhappy
From this reading How shall I sadden them to make them wise?)
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading How shall I sadden them to make them wise?)
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading Nay then, thou shalt!
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading (But oh, that singing mouth, those radiant eyes!
a male human offspring
From this reading Look thou, my son, what wisdom comes to thee!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading (But oh, that singing mouth, those radiant eyes!
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Look thou, my son, what wisdom comes to thee!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading How shall I sadden them to make them wise?)
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Nay then, thou shalt!
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading (But oh, that singing mouth, those radiant eyes!
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Look thou, my son, what wisdom comes to thee!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Look thou, my son, what wisdom comes to thee!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Look thou, my son, what wisdom comes to thee!
accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
From this reading Look thou, my son, what wisdom comes to thee!
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
From this reading How shall I sadden them to make them wise?)
Chapter 3 of The Second Book of Modern Verse A Selection by Jessie Belle [Editor] Rittenhouse holds 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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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