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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 A HAMPSHIRE TRADITION I The Dane! the Dane!
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
alarm
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From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
Alfred's
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
aloof
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
avails
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
banks
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
beacons
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From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
bowers
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
breathing
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
chant
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
church
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From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
coast
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From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
covenant
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
cry
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
Dane
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From this reading A HAMPSHIRE TRADITION I The Dane! the Dane!
danger
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
Deliver
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
DragonnounUS /ˈdræɡən/
a mythical or imagined creature shaped like a large reptile
From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
dread
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From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
drive
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
fairest
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
fane
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
farm
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From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
fast
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
flaming
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
Flash
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From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
fleet
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
Fly
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From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
forest
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
forth
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
freed
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
fury
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
glades
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
gold
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
gorse-clad
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
green
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
HAMPSHIRE
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From this reading A HAMPSHIRE TRADITION I The Dane! the Dane!
Hampshire's
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From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
hand
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
Hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
Havoc
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
head
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
heathen
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From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
heathery
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
helpless
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From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A HAMPSHIRE TRADITION I The Dane! the Dane!
II
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
keels
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
King
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
land
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
locusts
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
Lord
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
many
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
mast
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
Needles
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
north
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
oft
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
past
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
peasants
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From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
pirate
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
plunderedverbUS /ˈplʌndərd/
stole goods or valuables by force after an attack
From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
ravaged
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From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
Re-echo
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
red
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
rise
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
sacred
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
sails
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
seems
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
serpent
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
shades
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
slaughter
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
slopes
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
Solent's
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
Steer
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
strong
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
swelling
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
sword
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A HAMPSHIRE TRADITION I The Dane! the Dane!
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
TRADITION
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From this reading A HAMPSHIRE TRADITION I The Dane! the Dane!
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
vain
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From this reading Nor fleet nor covenant avails To drive aloof those pirate sails, In vain is Alfred's sword; Vain seems in every sacred fane The chant--'From fury of the Dane, Deliver us, good Lord.'
wasting
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From this reading The heathen Dane Is wasting Hampshire's coast again-- From ravaged church and plundered farm Flash the dread beacons of alarm-- Fly, helpless peasants, fly!
waves
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
Wight's
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From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading II The long keels have the Needles past, Wight's fairest bowers are flaming fast; From Solent's waves rise many a mast, With swelling sails of gold and red, Dragon and serpent at each head, Havoc and slaughter breathing forth, Steer on these locusts of the north.
Ytene's
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From this reading Ytene's green banks and forest shades, Her heathery slopes and gorse-clad glades Re-echo to the cry-- Where is the King, whose strong right hand Hath oft from danger freed the land?
