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The So-Called Human Race

Chapter VII

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* * * _LOST AND FOUND._ [Song in the manner of Laura Blackburn.]
_Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!
She ... but how compare her?
Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.
We thought not.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The So-Called Human Race

Chapter VII

Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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* * * _LOST AND FOUND._ [Song in the manner of Laura Blackburn.]
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_Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!
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She ... but how compare her?
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Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.
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We thought not.
/wiː thought nɑːt/

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Broken noun US /broken/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!”

FOUND noun US /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “* * * _LOST AND FOUND._ [Song in the manner of Laura Blackburn.]”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.”

Next noun US /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

Passed noun US /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.”

Since preposition US /sɪns/

from a time in the past until now

From this reading “Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.”

Thought noun US /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We thought not.”

Till preposition US /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.”

Whilst conjunction US /waɪlst/

an old and formal word for “while”

Worn verb US /wɔːrn/

Damaged or thinned by continuous use.

From this reading “Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.”

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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 _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

advertise

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading * * * _LOST AND FOUND._ [Song in the manner of Laura Blackburn.]

anklet

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

banklet

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

belt

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

Blackburn

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From this reading * * * _LOST AND FOUND._ [Song in the manner of Laura Blackburn.]

brokennounUS /broken/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

Cinderella's

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

clasp

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

cold

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

compare

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From this reading She ... but how compare her?

contributing

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

dart

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

dollar

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

fleet

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

Followed

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

FOUNDnounUS /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading * * * _LOST AND FOUND._ [Song in the manner of Laura Blackburn.]

Fund

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

glimmering

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

gold

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

golden

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

grow

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

heart

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

hoop

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

how

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From this reading She ... but how compare her?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

I've

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading * * * _LOST AND FOUND._ [Song in the manner of Laura Blackburn.]

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

Keats

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

Laura

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From this reading * * * _LOST AND FOUND._ [Song in the manner of Laura Blackburn.]

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

Like

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

LOST

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From this reading * * * _LOST AND FOUND._ [Song in the manner of Laura Blackburn.]

Love

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

manner

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From this reading * * * _LOST AND FOUND._ [Song in the manner of Laura Blackburn.]

Memorial

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

mood

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

More

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

mused

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

NextnounUS /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading We thought not.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading * * * _LOST AND FOUND._ [Song in the manner of Laura Blackburn.]

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

Orion's

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

passednounUS /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

prince

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

prize

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

quest

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

say

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/

from a time in the past until now

From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

small

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

Song

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From this reading * * * _LOST AND FOUND._ [Song in the manner of Laura Blackburn.]

SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

sum

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading * * * _LOST AND FOUND._ [Song in the manner of Laura Blackburn.]

thoughtnounUS /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We thought not.

thro

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

TillprepositionUS /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

token

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

two

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

vacant

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

vanished

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We thought not.

wearer

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From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

WhilstconjunctionUS /waɪlst/

an old and formal word for “while”

From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

wild-thyme

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

WithprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

wood

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From this reading _Whilst I mused in vacant mood By a wild-thyme banklet, Love passed glimmering thro' the wood, Lost her golden anklet._ _Followed I as fleet as dart With the golden token; But she vanished--and my heart, Like the clasp, is broken._ _Such a little hoop of gold!

wornverbUS /wɔːrn/

Damaged or thinned by continuous use.

From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

Wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Till Orion's belt grow cold I shall quest the wearer._ _Next my heart I've worn it since, More than life I prize it, And, like Cinderella's prince, I must advertise it._ * * * Would you mind contributing a small sum, say a dollar or two, to the Keats Memorial Fund.