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Chapter XXXIX · XIV

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Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.
--Uhland, “An den Tod.”
Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.
--Uhland, “Poem to Death.”
He stood upon the lofty balcony that overlooked the quiet city.
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Zanoni

Chapter XXXIX · XIV

Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.
Line 2
--Uhland, “An den Tod.”
Line 3
Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.
Line 4
--Uhland, “Poem to Death.”
Line 5
He stood upon the lofty balcony that overlooked the quiet city.

Learner Dictionary

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

Above preposition US /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading “Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.”

Stood noun US /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He stood upon the lofty balcony that overlooked the quiet city.”

Thine pronoun US /ðaɪn/

an old word for “yours”

From this reading “Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.”

Towards preposition US /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading “Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “He stood upon the lofty balcony that overlooked the quiet city.”

All words in this reading · 54

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aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

afar

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From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

AndeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading --Uhland, “An den Tod.”

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

Arm

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From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.

aspect

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From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

Aufgeschauet

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From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.

balcony

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From this reading He stood upon the lofty balcony that overlooked the quiet city.

blaue

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From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.

Blumenflor

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From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.

city

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From this reading He stood upon the lofty balcony that overlooked the quiet city.

Dann

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From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.

Death

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From this reading --Uhland, “Poem to Death.”

den

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From this reading --Uhland, “An den Tod.”

der

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From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.

die

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From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.

Fass

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From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.

Ferne

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From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.

freundlich

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From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.

friendlike

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From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

Garden

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From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

HepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading He stood upon the lofty balcony that overlooked the quiet city.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

ihn

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From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.

liebewarm

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From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.

Lift

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From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

link'd

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From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

lofty

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From this reading He stood upon the lofty balcony that overlooked the quiet city.

love

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From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

Mount

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From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

overlooked

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From this reading He stood upon the lofty balcony that overlooked the quiet city.

Poem

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From this reading --Uhland, “Poem to Death.”

quiet

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From this reading He stood upon the lofty balcony that overlooked the quiet city.

space

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From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

Star

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From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

Sterne

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From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.

stoodnounUS /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He stood upon the lofty balcony that overlooked the quiet city.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading He stood upon the lofty balcony that overlooked the quiet city.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

Then

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From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

thinepronounUS /ðaɪn/

an old word for “yours”

From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading --Uhland, “Poem to Death.”

Tod

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From this reading --Uhland, “An den Tod.”

towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

Trag

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From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.

Uhland

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From this reading --Uhland, “An den Tod.”

up

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From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading He stood upon the lofty balcony that overlooked the quiet city.

warm

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From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Then towards the Garden of the Star Lift up thine aspect warm with love, And, friendlike link’d through space afar, Mount with him, arm in arm, above.

zur

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From this reading Dann zur Blumenflor der Sterne Aufgeschauet liebewarm, Fass’ ihn freundlich Arm in Arm Trag’ ihn in die blaue Ferne.