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Chapter VI
"Into the Silent Land! Ah! who shall lead us thither? Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand. Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land? "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
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an old form of “does”
From this reading “"O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Ah! who shall lead us thither?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"”
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading “Ah! who shall lead us thither?”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?
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From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?
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From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
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From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
an old form of “does”
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Into the Silent Land!
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From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
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From this reading "Into the Silent Land!
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From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?
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From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Into the Silent Land!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Into the Silent Land!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?
which person or people
From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
