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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 Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
all
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
anyonepronounUS /ˈeniwʌn/
any person at all
From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
beasts
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
bygone
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
comfortably
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
crawled
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
crown
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
days
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doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Which they were right to do.
down
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
early
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
ears
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eccentric
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exhausted
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
eyes
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
flew
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
funny
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
gleaming
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
golden
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
good-hearted
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
green
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
head
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
Here's
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
humble
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
hung
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
island
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
Isle
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
just
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
lays
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
leapt
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
listen
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
made
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
marvel
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
meekly
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
mild
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
most
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
mud
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
Nature
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
new
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
newest
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
obeyed
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
old
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
only
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
other
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
peaceful
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From this reading He was a peaceful Zagabog, A practical old Zagabog, And quite unique at that.
plain
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
practical
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From this reading He was a peaceful Zagabog, A practical old Zagabog, And quite unique at that.
pre-Cambrian
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
prehistoric
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
prick
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
primeval
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was a peaceful Zagabog, A practical old Zagabog, And quite unique at that.
rather
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Which they were right to do.
rose
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
ruled
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
sad
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
sat
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
seen
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
seldom
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
single
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
somewhat
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
sort
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
story
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
subjects
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
sun
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
swam
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
tail
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was a peaceful Zagabog, A practical old Zagabog, And quite unique at that.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Which they were right to do.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
throne
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
trilobites
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
ugly
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
unique
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From this reading He was a peaceful Zagabog, A practical old Zagabog, And quite unique at that.
UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was a peaceful Zagabog, A practical old Zagabog, And quite unique at that.
way
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
ways
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
WhichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Which they were right to do.
Why
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From this reading For Nature only made but one, though we shall never know Why just a single Zagabog exhausted Nature so; His subjects rose from trilobites, the newest of the new, To other bygone beasts that leapt and swam and crawled and flew; But all obeyed the Zagabog, The good primeval Zagabog.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
wondrousadjectiveUS /ˈwʌndrəs/
strange, beautiful, and impressive
From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
wore
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From this reading Upon his wondrous head he wore a rather ugly crown; His eyes were green and somewhat sad, his tail hung meekly down; But on a throne of early mud he comfortably sat And ruled his Golden Island in a way I marvel at.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
Zagabog
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From this reading Here’s a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun, Of a gleaming golden island seldom seen by anyone; So prick your ears and listen to my most eccentric lays Of the Island and the Zagabog from old pre-Cambrian days-- The mild and humble Zagabog, The plain, good-hearted Zagabog With prehistoric ways.
