Chapter II
'Yes, but thou must come first.' 'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.' 'I never wait.' 'Oh! shall I see the warm sun again in my cold grave?' 'Nothing is there that can feel the sun.'
A Book of Sibyls
Chapter II
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'Yes,
but
thou
must
come
first.'
'Stop
a
little;
keep
thy
hand
off
till
thou
hast
told
me.'
'I
never
wait.'
'Oh!
shall
I
see
the
warm
sun
again
in
my
cold
grave?'
'Nothing
is
there
that
can
feel
the
sun.'
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
'Yes,
but
thou
must
come
first.'
Line 2
'Stop
a
little;
keep
thy
hand
off
till
thou
hast
told
me.'
Line 3
'I
never
wait.'
Line 4
'Oh!
shall
I
see
the
warm
sun
again
in
my
cold
grave?'
Line 5
'Nothing
is
there
that
can
feel
the
sun.'
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Again
noun
US /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Oh! shall I see the warm sun again in my cold grave?'”
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Yes, but thou must come first.'”
First
noun
US /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Yes, but thou must come first.'”
Hand
noun
US /hand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'”
Hast
auxiliary verb
US /hæst/
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'”
Little
noun
US /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'”
Must
modal verb
US /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “'Yes, but thou must come first.'”
Never
noun
US /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'I never wait.'”
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “'Nothing is there that can feel the sun.'”
Shall
modal verb
US /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “'Oh! shall I see the warm sun again in my cold grave?'”
Thou
pronoun
US /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “'Yes, but thou must come first.'”
Thy
determiner
US /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'”
Till
preposition
US /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading “'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'”
Told
noun
US /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'”
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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 'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Oh! shall I see the warm sun again in my cold grave?'
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'Yes, but thou must come first.'
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading 'Nothing is there that can feel the sun.'
cold
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From this reading 'Oh! shall I see the warm sun again in my cold grave?'
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Yes, but thou must come first.'
feel
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From this reading 'Nothing is there that can feel the sun.'
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Yes, but thou must come first.'
grave
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From this reading 'Oh! shall I see the warm sun again in my cold grave?'
hand
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From this reading 'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'
hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading 'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I never wait.'
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'Oh! shall I see the warm sun again in my cold grave?'
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'Nothing is there that can feel the sun.'
keep
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From this reading 'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading 'Yes, but thou must come first.'
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'Oh! shall I see the warm sun again in my cold grave?'
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'I never wait.'
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading 'Nothing is there that can feel the sun.'
off
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From this reading 'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'
Oh
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From this reading 'Oh! shall I see the warm sun again in my cold grave?'
see
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From this reading 'Oh! shall I see the warm sun again in my cold grave?'
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading 'Oh! shall I see the warm sun again in my cold grave?'
Stop
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From this reading 'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'
sun
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From this reading 'Oh! shall I see the warm sun again in my cold grave?'
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'Nothing is there that can feel the sun.'
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Oh! shall I see the warm sun again in my cold grave?'
there
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From this reading 'Nothing is there that can feel the sun.'
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading 'Yes, but thou must come first.'
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading 'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading 'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Stop a little; keep thy hand off till thou hast told me.'
wait
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From this reading 'I never wait.'
warm
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From this reading 'Oh! shall I see the warm sun again in my cold grave?'
Yes
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From this reading 'Yes, but thou must come first.'