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Verses 1889-1896

Chapter XII · Chapter 12

Chapter 12 of Verses 1889-1896 is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!
We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Verses 1889-1896

Chapter XII · Chapter 12

Chapter 12 of Verses 1889-1896 is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!
Line 2
We learned from our wistful mothers To call old Englandhome”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
Line 3
They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
Line 4
I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
Line 5
To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

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

Thin adjective US /θɪn/

Having little thickness or extent.

From this reading “To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!”

All words in this reading · 117

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a

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

above

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From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!

acres

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

and

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

As

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

back-ranges

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

birth

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

breathless

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

burned

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

But

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From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!

by

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

call

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

change

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From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!

charge

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

comrade's

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

coral

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

crackling

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

cradle

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

dearth

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

death

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

drink

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

drouth

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

drowning

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

dust

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

dusty

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

England

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

English

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

faith

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

fathers

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

Four

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

from

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

glasses

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

From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

Golden

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

good

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

From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

haze

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

heart's

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

hearts

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From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!

held

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

home

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

honour

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

hoofs

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

hope

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

hush

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

I

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

From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

in

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

Islands

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

From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

lanes

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

last

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

From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

learned

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

least

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

From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

legends

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

lories

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

love

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

lump

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

may

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

me

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

men

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

From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

million

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

morning

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

mothers

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

Nations

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

native

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

New

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

none

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

not

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From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!

of

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

old

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

old-world

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

on

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

our

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

outside

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

own

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

painted

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

passed

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

plains

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

pledge

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

praise

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

pride

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

purchase

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

read

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

right

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

risk

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

roam

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From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!

rocked

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

rode

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

roofs

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

screamed

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

Sea

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

shall

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

shoeless

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

skies

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From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!

skylark

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

soil

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

Sons

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

South

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

spent

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

spring

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

stand

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

tales

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

teach

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

that

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From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!

the

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

their

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From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!

them

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From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!

They

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From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!

thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/

Having little thickness or extent.

From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

tin

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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!

To

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

toil

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

us

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

We

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

where

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

wistful

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

with

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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!

wrong

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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!

you

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

your

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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!

Chapter 12 of Verses 1889-1896 by Rudyard Kipling holds 161 sentences, grouped into 33 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 12 of Verses 1889-1896 contain?

Chapter 12 holds 161 sentences of Verses 1889-1896, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.

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