Chapter I

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

From this reading _A SALUTE by night, than night’s own heart-beat stiller, From the dying to the living.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

Having no one else present.

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

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

From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

the territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

decorate

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

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From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _A SALUTE by night, than night’s own heart-beat stiller, From the dying to the living.

a university in England

From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

growing close together but not in dense mats

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

lacking in light; not bright or harsh

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

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From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be

From this reading _A SALUTE by night, than night’s own heart-beat stiller, From the dying to the living.

the boundary of a surface

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

the time of day immediately following sunset

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

having or displaying warmth or affection

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _A SALUTE by night, than night’s own heart-beat stiller, From the dying to the living.

adorn with bands of flowers or leaves

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

plural of “group” — any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

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

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

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From this reading _A SALUTE by night, than night’s own heart-beat stiller, From the dying to the living.

A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

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

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

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

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

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

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

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

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)

From this reading Keats!

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

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From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

From this reading _A SALUTE by night, than night’s own heart-beat stiller, From the dying to the living.

lacking companions or companionship

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

lighted by moonlight

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

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

From this reading _A SALUTE by night, than night’s own heart-beat stiller, From the dying to the living.

possessive form of “night” — the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading _A SALUTE by night, than night’s own heart-beat stiller, From the dying to the living.

possessive form of “ocean” — a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading _A SALUTE by night, than night’s own heart-beat stiller, From the dying to the living.

type genus of the Pandionidae

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

the time that has elapsed

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

a fundamental principle or practice

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

exert pressure or force to or upon

From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

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From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

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From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

propose a toast to

From this reading _A SALUTE by night, than night’s own heart-beat stiller, From the dying to the living.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

a male human offspring

From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

comparative of “still” — not in physical motion

From this reading _A SALUTE by night, than night’s own heart-beat stiller, From the dying to the living.

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From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading _A SALUTE by night, than night’s own heart-beat stiller, From the dying to the living.

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

From this reading _A SALUTE by night, than night’s own heart-beat stiller, From the dying to the living.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

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

From this reading _A SALUTE by night, than night’s own heart-beat stiller, From the dying to the living.

the body of faculty and students at a university

From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

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From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

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From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

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From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

resistant to guidance or discipline

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

which person or people

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

belonging to which person

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)

From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish

From this reading And round about his knees, and at his feet, In saffrons and sad greens alone bedight, Sat, clustered in dim wayward sidelong groups Sheer to the ocean’s edge, those liegemen fond Who with him wished and wept.

in the company of; together with

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

past form of “wrong” — treat unjustly; do wrong to

From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.

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From this reading I lay Here against thy moonlit, storm-unshaken pillar, My garland of a day._ HIGH on the lone and wave-scarred porphyry, The promontoried porch of Attica, Past evenfall, sat he whose reverend hair Down-glittered with the breaker’s volleying foam Visioned before him in the level dark: Ægeus, of wronged Pandion heir, and king.