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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading But what true English poet ever names thee, O Father Thames, without a melodious tribute?
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading And what child ever whiled away summer noons along thy grassy banks, nor hallowed thy remembrance among the fairy days of life?
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading And what child ever whiled away summer noons along thy grassy banks, nor hallowed thy remembrance among the fairy days of life?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
ARTauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading IN LIFE, AS IN ART, THE BEAUTIFUL MOVES IN CURVES.
ASconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading IN LIFE, AS IN ART, THE BEAUTIFUL MOVES IN CURVES.
away
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From this reading And what child ever whiled away summer noons along thy grassy banks, nor hallowed thy remembrance among the fairy days of life?
banks
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From this reading And what child ever whiled away summer noons along thy grassy banks, nor hallowed thy remembrance among the fairy days of life?
BEAUTIFUL
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From this reading IN LIFE, AS IN ART, THE BEAUTIFUL MOVES IN CURVES.
blended
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
boat
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From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
breath
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But what true English poet ever names thee, O Father Thames, without a melodious tribute?
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
Cephisus
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child
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From this reading And what child ever whiled away summer noons along thy grassy banks, nor hallowed thy remembrance among the fairy days of life?
culled
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
CURVES
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cuts
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From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
dance
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From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
days
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From this reading And what child ever whiled away summer noons along thy grassy banks, nor hallowed thy remembrance among the fairy days of life?
dined
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From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
English
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
fairy
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From this reading And what child ever whiled away summer noons along thy grassy banks, nor hallowed thy remembrance among the fairy days of life?
Father
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From this reading But what true English poet ever names thee, O Father Thames, without a melodious tribute?
flushed
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From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
furnish
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
George
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From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
golden
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From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
grassy
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From this reading And what child ever whiled away summer noons along thy grassy banks, nor hallowed thy remembrance among the fairy days of life?
hallowed
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From this reading And what child ever whiled away summer noons along thy grassy banks, nor hallowed thy remembrance among the fairy days of life?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
Hydaspes
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN LIFE, AS IN ART, THE BEAUTIFUL MOVES IN CURVES.
legends
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
licked
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
LIFEnounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN LIFE, AS IN ART, THE BEAUTIFUL MOVES IN CURVES.
melodious
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From this reading But what true English poet ever names thee, O Father Thames, without a melodious tribute?
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
Morley
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From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
MOVES
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names
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From this reading But what true English poet ever names thee, O Father Thames, without a melodious tribute?
nightingales
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
noons
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From this reading And what child ever whiled away summer noons along thy grassy banks, nor hallowed thy remembrance among the fairy days of life?
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading And what child ever whiled away summer noons along thy grassy banks, nor hallowed thy remembrance among the fairy days of life?
O
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From this reading But what true English poet ever names thee, O Father Thames, without a melodious tribute?
oars
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From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
poet
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From this reading But what true English poet ever names thee, O Father Thames, without a melodious tribute?
remembrance
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From this reading And what child ever whiled away summer noons along thy grassy banks, nor hallowed thy remembrance among the fairy days of life?
river
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
shores
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
songs
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
summer
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From this reading And what child ever whiled away summer noons along thy grassy banks, nor hallowed thy remembrance among the fairy days of life?
sunset
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From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
sweet
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
takes
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From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
tale-teller
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
Thames
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From this reading But what true English poet ever names thee, O Father Thames, without a melodious tribute?
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN LIFE, AS IN ART, THE BEAUTIFUL MOVES IN CURVES.
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading But what true English poet ever names thee, O Father Thames, without a melodious tribute?
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading And what child ever whiled away summer noons along thy grassy banks, nor hallowed thy remembrance among the fairy days of life?
tribute
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From this reading But what true English poet ever names thee, O Father Thames, without a melodious tribute?
true
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From this reading But what true English poet ever names thee, O Father Thames, without a melodious tribute?
violets
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
waves
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From this reading They have dined.--George Morley takes the oars, and the boat cuts through the dance of waves flushed by the golden sunset.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what true English poet ever names thee, O Father Thames, without a melodious tribute?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
whiled
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From this reading And what child ever whiled away summer noons along thy grassy banks, nor hallowed thy remembrance among the fairy days of life?
wild
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From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Beautiful river! which might furnish the English tale-teller with legends wild as those culled on shores licked by Hydaspes, and sweet as those which Cephisus ever blended with the songs of nightingales and the breath of violets!
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading But what true English poet ever names thee, O Father Thames, without a melodious tribute?
