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Chapter 4 of The Union: Or, Select Scots and English Poems is here in full — 272 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
XI. Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies! FOOTNOTES: [15] The harp of ÆOLUS, of which see a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE. [16] RICHMOND Church. THE CHILD BIRTH.
Chapter 4 of The Union: Or, Select Scots and English Poems is here in full — 272 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading “Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!”
a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland
From this reading “Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!”
plural of “footnote” — a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
From this reading “FOOTNOTES: [15] The harp of ÆOLUS, of which see a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.”
a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
From this reading “FOOTNOTES: [15] The harp of ÆOLUS, of which see a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.”
reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
From this reading “Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!”
a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
From this reading “Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!”
capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
From this reading “[16] RICHMOND Church.”
plural of “vale” — a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading “Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!”
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In this reading “Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!”
In this reading “FOOTNOTES: [15] The harp of ÆOLUS, of which see a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.”
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From this reading FOOTNOTES: [15] The harp of ÆOLUS, of which see a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [16] RICHMOND Church.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading FOOTNOTES: [15] The harp of ÆOLUS, of which see a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
the time when something begins (especially life)
From this reading THE CHILD BIRTH.
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From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
a large and stately mansion
From this reading FOOTNOTES: [15] The harp of ÆOLUS, of which see a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.
a young person of either sex
From this reading THE CHILD BIRTH.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading [16] RICHMOND Church.
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
a statement that represents something in words
From this reading FOOTNOTES: [15] The harp of ÆOLUS, of which see a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.
a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
opinion or judgment
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
plural of “footnote” — a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
From this reading FOOTNOTES: [15] The harp of ÆOLUS, of which see a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.
death of a person
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
From this reading FOOTNOTES: [15] The harp of ÆOLUS, of which see a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
From this reading FOOTNOTES: [15] The harp of ÆOLUS, of which see a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.
plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FOOTNOTES: [15] The harp of ÆOLUS, of which see a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.
having a point
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
From this reading [16] RICHMOND Church.
express in words
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading FOOTNOTES: [15] The harp of ÆOLUS, of which see a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
plural of “vale” — a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading FOOTNOTES: [15] The harp of ÆOLUS, of which see a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one
From this reading XI.
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay Shall melt the musing Briton's eyes, O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
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From this reading FOOTNOTES: [15] The harp of ÆOLUS, of which see a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.
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