Chapter I

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From this reading It was one of the poems belonging to the days at Pisa, whither the Shelleys had gone late in the January of 1820.

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From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

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From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

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From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

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From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

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From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

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From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

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From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

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From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

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From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

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From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

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From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

third-person singular of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

plural of “association” — a formal organization of people or groups of people

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It was one of the poems belonging to the days at Pisa, whither the Shelleys had gone late in the January of 1820.

a particular environment or surrounding influence

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

happiness felt in a secure relationship

From this reading It was one of the poems belonging to the days at Pisa, whither the Shelleys had gone late in the January of 1820.

definite but not specified or identified

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

a young person of either sex

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

brought together in one place

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

past form of “contribute” — bestow a quality on

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading It was one of the poems belonging to the days at Pisa, whither the Shelleys had gone late in the January of 1820.

dearly loved

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

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From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

a state of melancholy depression

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

give pleasure to or be pleasing to

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

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From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

the state of being unsure of something

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

closed in or surrounded or included within

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

past form of “entomb” — place in a grave or tomb

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

morally objectionable behavior

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

past form of “exhale” — expel air

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

weakening in force or intensity

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

a distinctive odor that is pleasant

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

an ornamental facade

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

destroyed or killed

From this reading It was one of the poems belonging to the days at Pisa, whither the Shelleys had gone late in the January of 1820.

(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

a tool used by an engraver

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading It was one of the poems belonging to the days at Pisa, whither the Shelleys had gone late in the January of 1820.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

plural of “influence” — a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was one of the poems belonging to the days at Pisa, whither the Shelleys had gone late in the January of 1820.

a native or inhabitant of Italy

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice

From this reading It was one of the poems belonging to the days at Pisa, whither the Shelleys had gone late in the January of 1820.

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

From this reading It was one of the poems belonging to the days at Pisa, whither the Shelleys had gone late in the January of 1820.

the quality of being good looking and attractive

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

a recognition of meritorious service

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

-ing form of “minister” — attend to the wants and needs of others

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

of an obscure nature

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

near in time or place or relationship

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

not any; not one

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

held or filled or in use

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading It was one of the poems belonging to the days at Pisa, whither the Shelleys had gone late in the January of 1820.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

causing physical or psychological pain

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

make a sweeping movement

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

having superior power and influence

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

a city in Tuscany; site of the famous Leaning Tower

From this reading It was one of the poems belonging to the days at Pisa, whither the Shelleys had gone late in the January of 1820.

put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading It was one of the poems belonging to the days at Pisa, whither the Shelleys had gone late in the January of 1820.

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

literature in metrical form

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

give something useful or necessary to

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

plural of “reminder” — a message that helps you remember something

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

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From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

a general conscious awareness

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

responsive to physical stimuli

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

filled with shade

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It was one of the poems belonging to the days at Pisa, whither the Shelleys had gone late in the January of 1820.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

a short musical composition with words

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

third-person singular of “speak” — express in speech

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

the rays of the sun

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

precisely as stated

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

at the time that

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The idea of it appears to have come to him from the flowers which Mrs. Shelley had collected round her in her own room at the house they occupied on the south side of the Arno.

an old word meaning “to where”

From this reading It was one of the poems belonging to the days at Pisa, whither the Shelleys had gone late in the January of 1820.

plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading In the next winter—a winter of many painful associations for him, and many discouragements and reminders of evil fortune—he wrote this mysterious song of beauty and death.

characteristic of or occurring in winter

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

actively engaged in paid work

From this reading Their fragrance, as it exhaled on the wintry Italian sunshine, and the sense of their fading loveliness, added to certain graver influences of which we read,—the death of a dearly-loved child, the illness of a dear friend,—contributed, no doubt, to provide that “atmosphere of memorial dejection and very sorrowful delight,” of which an old Italian poet speaks, as being propitious for the working of the imagination.

inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading _Death in the garden_ (_page 42_) _Frontispiece_ _The winds ministering_ _To face page_ 19 _The rose-nymph_ ” 22 _Pan covetous_ ” 26 _Night in the garden_ ” 30 _The ruling grace_ ” 34 _The garden enclosed_ ” 38 _The shadowed doorway_ ” 40 _The garden panic_ ” 46 _Pan paramount_ ” 48 _The garden entombed_ ” 52 THE SENSITIVE PLANT When Shelley wrote THE SENSITIVE PLANT he was drawing very near the end of his poetry.