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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 One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
air
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
all
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
away
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From this reading What love depart! what friendship melt away!
Ay
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From this reading Ay, Virtue’s self may wane to her decay, Torn from her throne, heart-placed, in one eventful day!
ball
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
beams
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
birds
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
blight
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
blossoms
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
brief
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From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
brightly
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
bring
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From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
change
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From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
clouds
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
day
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From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
decay
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From this reading Ay, Virtue’s self may wane to her decay, Torn from her throne, heart-placed, in one eventful day!
depart
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From this reading What love depart! what friendship melt away!
destinies
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From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
earth's
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
English
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From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
eventful
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From this reading Ay, Virtue’s self may wane to her decay, Torn from her throne, heart-placed, in one eventful day!
expressed
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From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
fall
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
finely
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From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
flowers
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
friendship
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From this reading What love depart! what friendship melt away!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Ay, Virtue’s self may wane to her decay, Torn from her throne, heart-placed, in one eventful day!
greatest
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From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
green
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
hail
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
heart
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
heart-placed
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From this reading Ay, Virtue’s self may wane to her decay, Torn from her throne, heart-placed, in one eventful day!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
High
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
hopes
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
human
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From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
incessant
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
leaves
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
love
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From this reading What love depart! what friendship melt away!
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
man
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
many
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
melancholy
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From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
melt
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From this reading What love depart! what friendship melt away!
more
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
most
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From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
myriad
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
Nature
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
night
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From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
oh
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
plan
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
poets
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rise
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
rustle
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
self
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From this reading Ay, Virtue’s self may wane to her decay, Torn from her throne, heart-placed, in one eventful day!
sing
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
smile
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
soul
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
space
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
StillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
sun
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
sweet
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
throne
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From this reading Ay, Virtue’s self may wane to her decay, Torn from her throne, heart-placed, in one eventful day!
thus
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From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
Tis
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ay, Virtue’s self may wane to her decay, Torn from her throne, heart-placed, in one eventful day!
Torn
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From this reading Ay, Virtue’s self may wane to her decay, Torn from her throne, heart-placed, in one eventful day!
transformation
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From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
turn
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From this reading The sun may rise as brightly as before, But many a heart can hail its beams no more; ’Tis but one turn of earth’s incessant ball, Yet in that space what myriad hopes may fall!
unchanged
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
unfold
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From this reading High in the clouds the same sweet birds may sing, The same green leaves may rustle in the air, And the same flowers unfold their blossoms fair,-- Still Nature smile, unchanged in all her plan, But, oh, what change may blight the soul of man!
Virtue's
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From this reading Ay, Virtue’s self may wane to her decay, Torn from her throne, heart-placed, in one eventful day!
wane
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From this reading Ay, Virtue’s self may wane to her decay, Torn from her throne, heart-placed, in one eventful day!
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading One of the greatest among our most English of English poets has finely expressed the melancholy transformation which one brief day may make in human destinies, thus:-- One day! one night! yet what a change they bring!
