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Verses 1889-1896

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Verses 1889-1896 is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”
'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.
True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.
Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.
My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.
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Verses 1889-1896

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Verses 1889-1896 is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/48 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”
Line 2
'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.
Line 3
True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.
Line 4
Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.
Line 5
My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

Learner Dictionary

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Beneath preposition US /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading “'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.”

Burn verb US /bɜːrn/

To consume or be consumed by fire.

From this reading ““My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.”

All words in this reading · 100

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a

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

above

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

Advance

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

am

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

And

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

as

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

at

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

back

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

bay

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

behind

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

bent

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

beyond

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

bid

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

blue

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

Border

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

breathe

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

buck

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

burnverbUS /bɜːrn/

To consume or be consumed by fire.

From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

couched

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

dead

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

death

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

deer

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

do

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

e'er

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

eyas

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

fear

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

fellowship

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

fierce

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

fight

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

fought

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

gled

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

good

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

grass

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

hands

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

harp

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

harpit

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

has

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

He

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

her

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

his

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

horse

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

hounds

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

I

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

in

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

King

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

knights

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

last

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

least

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

love

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

made

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

man

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

midmost

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

my

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

naked

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

nodding

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

Now

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

on

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

pie

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

prick

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

prince

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

return

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

ride

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

ringing

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

shall

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

she

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

side

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

sighed

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

sky

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

song

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

standards

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

stooped

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

string

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

that

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

The

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

they

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

Thomas

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

to

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

True

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

turned

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

Twas

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

unto

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

up

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

upon

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

waits

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

walk

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

war

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

was

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

wash

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

wastrel

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

watch

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From this reading “Advance my standards to that war, And bid my good knights prick and ride; The gled shall watch as fierce a fight As e'er was fought on the Border side!”

well

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

when

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

Where

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

wi

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

wind

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From this reading 'Twas bent beneath and blue above, 'Twas nodding grass and naked sky, Where, ringing up the wastrel wind, The eyas stooped upon the pie.

window

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From this reading “My hounds they bay unto the death, The buck has couched beyond the burn, My love she waits at her window To wash my hands when I return.

withouten

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From this reading “Now I am prince, and I do well To love my love withouten fear; To walk wi' man in fellowship, And breathe my horse behind the deer.

word

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

youth

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From this reading True Thomas sighed above his harp, And turned the song on the midmost string; And the last least word True Thomas made, He harpit his dead youth back to the King.

Chapter 14 of Verses 1889-1896 by Rudyard Kipling holds 240 sentences, grouped into 48 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 14 of Verses 1889-1896 contain?

Chapter 14 holds 240 sentences of Verses 1889-1896, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 14 of Verses 1889-1896 by Rudyard Kipling exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 240 sentences, grouped into 48 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

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About 215 minutes of reading across 517 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Volume
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Wolcott
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Balestier
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