Chapter XIII
"Good God, how sweet are all things here! How beautiful the fields appear! How cleanly do we feed and lie! Lord, what good hours do we keep; How quietly we sleep! What peace! what unanimity!
A Danish Parsonage
Chapter XIII
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"Good
God,
how
sweet
are
all
things
here!
How
beautiful
the
fields
appear!
How
cleanly
do
we
feed
and
lie!
Lord,
what
good
hours
do
we
keep;
How
quietly
we
sleep!
What
peace!
what
unanimity!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
"Good
God,
how
sweet
are
all
things
here!
Line 2
How
beautiful
the
fields
appear!
Line 3
How
cleanly
do
we
feed
and
lie!
Line 4
Lord,
what
good
hours
do
we
keep;
How
quietly
we
sleep!
Line 5
What
peace!
what
unanimity!
Learner Dictionary
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Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Good God, how sweet are all things here!”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Good God, how sweet are all things here!”
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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appear
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From this reading How beautiful the fields appear!
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
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beautiful
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cleanly
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doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
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feed
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fields
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God
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GoodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Good God, how sweet are all things here!
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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hours
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how
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keep
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lie
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Lord
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peace
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quietly
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sleep
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sweet
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading How beautiful the fields appear!
things
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unanimity
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wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading How cleanly do we feed and lie!
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Lord, what good hours do we keep; How quietly we sleep!