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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 We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
all
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From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
anguish
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From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
cannot
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From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
cometh
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From this reading Then cometh sorrow, like a Sabbath!
comfort
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From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
Cumberland
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From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
day
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From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
dim
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From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
dire
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From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
directed
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From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
down
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From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
dust
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From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
endure
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From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
entered
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From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
faith
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From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
falls
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From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
finds
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From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
going
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From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
grief
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From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
Heaven
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From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
kind
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From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
knowing
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From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
Laird
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From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
letter
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From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
light
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From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
like
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From this reading Then cometh sorrow, like a Sabbath!
Lilias
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From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
loves
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From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
Mossgray
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From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
oblivion
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From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
out
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From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
PROFESSOR
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From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
reliefnounUS /rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
resignation
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From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
Sabbath
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From this reading Then cometh sorrow, like a Sabbath!
Sends
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From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
settles
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From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
simple
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From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
sorrow
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From this reading Then cometh sorrow, like a Sabbath!
soul-sick
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From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
spring
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From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
sustain
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From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
sweet
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From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
tears
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From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
Then
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From this reading Then cometh sorrow, like a Sabbath!
there
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From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
unreproved
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From this reading That anguish dire cannot sustain itself, But settles down into a grief that loves, And finds relief in unreproved tears.
valley
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From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
waning
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From this reading In the waning afternoon of another dim spring day the Laird of Mossgray entered the Cumberland valley, to which the letter of Lilias had directed him.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
WILSON
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From this reading Heaven Sends resignation down and faith; and last Of all there falls a kind oblivion Over the going out of that sweet light In which we had our being.--PROFESSOR WILSON.
wish
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From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
woe
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From this reading We must at first endure The simple woe of knowing they are dead-- A soul-sick woe in which no comfort is-- And wish we were beside them in the dust!
