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Oak Openings

Chapter XXX

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Come to the land of peace!
Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.
Fear hath no dwelling there!
Come to the mingling--of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove, Through the celestial air.
--MRS.
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Oak Openings

Chapter XXX

Reading 1/50 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Come to the land of peace!
Line 2
Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.
Line 3
Fear hath no dwelling there!
Line 4
Come to the mingling--of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove, Through the celestial air.
Line 5
--MRS.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Come to the land of peace!”

Hath auxiliary verb US /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading “Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.”

Shadow noun US /ˈʃæd.oʊ/

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

From this reading “Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Come to the mingling--of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove, Through the celestial air.”

All words in this reading · 36

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air

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From this reading Come to the mingling--of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove, Through the celestial air.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Come to the mingling--of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove, Through the celestial air.

away

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From this reading Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.

Breathed

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From this reading Come to the mingling--of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove, Through the celestial air.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Come to the mingling--of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove, Through the celestial air.

cease

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From this reading Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.

celestial

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From this reading Come to the mingling--of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove, Through the celestial air.

ComenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Come to the land of peace!

dove

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From this reading Come to the mingling--of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove, Through the celestial air.

dwelling

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From this reading Fear hath no dwelling there!

Fear

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From this reading Fear hath no dwelling there!

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.

hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.

land

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From this reading Come to the land of peace!

longer

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From this reading Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.

love

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From this reading Come to the mingling--of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove, Through the celestial air.

mingling

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From this reading Come to the mingling--of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove, Through the celestial air.

MRS

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From this reading --MRS.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Come to the land of peace!

passes

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From this reading Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.

peace

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From this reading Come to the land of peace!

repose

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From this reading Come to the mingling--of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove, Through the celestial air.

shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

From this reading Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.

silent

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From this reading Come to the mingling--of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove, Through the celestial air.

soul

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From this reading Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.

sounds

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From this reading Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.

spirit

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From this reading Come to the mingling--of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove, Through the celestial air.

sway

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From this reading Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.

tempest

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From this reading Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Come to the land of peace!

there

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From this reading Fear hath no dwelling there!

ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Come to the mingling--of repose and love, Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove, Through the celestial air.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Come to the land of peace!

weeping

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From this reading Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading Come where the tempest hath no longer sway, The shadow passes from the soul away-- The sounds of weeping cease.