Chapter 7 of The Second Book of Modern Verse A Selection is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Second Book of Modern Verse A Selection is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
You too, beloved, are changed. Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white. Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .
Chapter 7 of The Second Book of Modern Verse A Selection is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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become imbued
From this reading “Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .”
dearly loved
From this reading “You too, beloved, are changed.”
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading “Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .”
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading “Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .”
constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
From this reading “Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .”
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading “Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .”
relating to or characteristic of mysticism
From this reading “Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.”
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading “Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .”
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become imbued
From this reading Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .
anew
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You too, beloved, are changed.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .
dearly loved
From this reading You too, beloved, are changed.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading You too, beloved, are changed.
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .
constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
From this reading Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
relating to or characteristic of mysticism
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading You too, beloved, are changed.
having come into contact
From this reading Aye, you are touched; your singing lips grow dumb; The fields absorb you, color you entire .
a shaky motion
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
a Caucasian
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You too, beloved, are changed.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Again I see Your face grow mystical, as on that night You turned to me, And all the trembling world -- and you -- were white.
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