used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
(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 My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And then, as in a swoon, With dinning sounds my ears are rife.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And then, as in a swoon, With dinning sounds my ears are rife.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading I lose my colour, I lose my breath, I drink the cup of a costly death Brimmed with delirious draughts of warmest life!
BrimmedverbUS /brɪmd/
inflected form of “brim” — be completely full
From this reading I lose my colour, I lose my breath, I drink the cup of a costly death Brimmed with delirious draughts of warmest life!
charmedadjectiveUS /tʃɑːrmd/
strongly attracted
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
having or capable of producing colors
From this reading I lose my colour, I lose my breath, I drink the cup of a costly death Brimmed with delirious draughts of warmest life!
costlyadjectiveUS /ˈkɑːstli/
entailing great loss or sacrifice
From this reading I lose my colour, I lose my breath, I drink the cup of a costly death Brimmed with delirious draughts of warmest life!
creepsnounUS /kriːps/
a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading I lose my colour, I lose my breath, I drink the cup of a costly death Brimmed with delirious draughts of warmest life!
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading I lose my colour, I lose my breath, I drink the cup of a costly death Brimmed with delirious draughts of warmest life!
deliriousadjectiveUS /dɪˈlɪriəs/
experiencing delirium
From this reading I lose my colour, I lose my breath, I drink the cup of a costly death Brimmed with delirious draughts of warmest life!
dinningverbUS /ˈdɪnɪŋ/
inflected form of “din” — make a resonant sound, like artillery
From this reading And then, as in a swoon, With dinning sounds my ears are rife.
Dissolvingly
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From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
draughtsnounUS /dræfts/
a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
From this reading I lose my colour, I lose my breath, I drink the cup of a costly death Brimmed with delirious draughts of warmest life!
take in liquids
From this reading I lose my colour, I lose my breath, I drink the cup of a costly death Brimmed with delirious draughts of warmest life!
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading And then, as in a swoon, With dinning sounds my ears are rife.
Eleänore
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From this reading —TENNYSON (_Eleänore_).
faltereth
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From this reading My tremulous tongue faltereth.
start firing a weapon
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
Floweth
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From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
enclose in or as if in a frame
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I lose my colour, I lose my breath, I drink the cup of a costly death Brimmed with delirious draughts of warmest life!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And then, as in a swoon, With dinning sounds my ears are rife.
plural of “keep” — the financial means whereby one lives
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
languidadjectiveUS /ˈlæŋɡwəd/
lacking spirit or liveliness
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading I lose my colour, I lose my breath, I drink the cup of a costly death Brimmed with delirious draughts of warmest life!
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading I lose my colour, I lose my breath, I drink the cup of a costly death Brimmed with delirious draughts of warmest life!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I lose my colour, I lose my breath, I drink the cup of a costly death Brimmed with delirious draughts of warmest life!
rifeadjectiveUS /raɪf/
most frequent or common
From this reading And then, as in a swoon, With dinning sounds my ears are rife.
rose-redadjective
of a deep slightly bluish red color
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
slumbernounUS /ˈslʌmbər/
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
in the near future
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading And then, as in a swoon, With dinning sounds my ears are rife.
swoonverbUS /swuːn/
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading And then, as in a swoon, With dinning sounds my ears are rife.
TENNYSONnounUS /ˈtenɪsən/
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
From this reading —TENNYSON (_Eleänore_).
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I lose my colour, I lose my breath, I drink the cup of a costly death Brimmed with delirious draughts of warmest life!
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And then, as in a swoon, With dinning sounds my ears are rife.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading My tremulous tongue faltereth.
tremulousadjectiveUS /ˈtremjələs/
(of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
From this reading My tremulous tongue faltereth.
veinsnounUS /veɪnz/
plural of “vein” — a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
From this reading My heart a charmed slumber keeps And a languid fire creeps Through my veins to all my frame, Dissolvingly and slowly: soon From thy rose-red lips my name Floweth.
warmestadjectiveUS /ˈwɔːrməst/
superlative of “warm” — having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading I lose my colour, I lose my breath, I drink the cup of a costly death Brimmed with delirious draughts of warmest life!
in the company of; together with
From this reading And then, as in a swoon, With dinning sounds my ears are rife.
