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1878
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
1881
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
1882
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
1894
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
1898
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
1908
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
1909
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
1910
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
1911
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
1913
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
8
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From this reading 8vo_).
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Of the Uncollected Poems published in the Uniform Edition of_ 1908, _a few_, _including the Translations from the Greek and the Polish_, _are omitted_.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
April
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Of the Uncollected Poems published in the Uniform Edition of_ 1908, _a few_, _including the Translations from the Greek and the Polish_, _are omitted_.
Ballad
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
Co
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
collection
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
contains
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
December
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
discovered
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From this reading _Two new poems_, ‘_Désespoir_’ _and_ ‘_Pan_,’_ which I have recently discovered in manuscript_, _are now printed for the first time_.
Désespoir
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From this reading _Two new poems_, ‘_Désespoir_’ _and_ ‘_Pan_,’_ which I have recently discovered in manuscript_, _are now printed for the first time_.
Edition
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
Editions
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
Eighth
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
Eleventh
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
entirety
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
F'cap
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
few
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From this reading _Of the Uncollected Poems published in the Uniform Edition of_ 1908, _a few_, _including the Translations from the Greek and the Polish_, _are omitted_.
Fifth
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Two new poems_, ‘_Désespoir_’ _and_ ‘_Pan_,’_ which I have recently discovered in manuscript_, _are now printed for the first time_.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Of the Uncollected Poems published in the Uniform Edition of_ 1908, _a few_, _including the Translations from the Greek and the Polish_, _are omitted_.
Gaol
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
Greek
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From this reading _Of the Uncollected Poems published in the Uniform Edition of_ 1908, _a few_, _including the Translations from the Greek and the Polish_, _are omitted_.
Handmade
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Two new poems_, ‘_Désespoir_’ _and_ ‘_Pan_,’_ which I have recently discovered in manuscript_, _are now printed for the first time_.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Two new poems_, ‘_Désespoir_’ _and_ ‘_Pan_,’_ which I have recently discovered in manuscript_, _are now printed for the first time_.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
including
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From this reading _Of the Uncollected Poems published in the Uniform Edition of_ 1908, _a few_, _including the Translations from the Greek and the Polish_, _are omitted_.
IssuednounUS /issued/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
Japanese
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
Limited
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
manuscriptnounUS /ˈmæn.jə.skrɪpt/
A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed.
From this reading _Two new poems_, ‘_Désespoir_’ _and_ ‘_Pan_,’_ which I have recently discovered in manuscript_, _are now printed for the first time_.
March
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
Methuen
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
new
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From this reading _Two new poems_, ‘_Désespoir_’ _and_ ‘_Pan_,’_ which I have recently discovered in manuscript_, _are now printed for the first time_.
Ninth
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
November
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
now
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From this reading _Two new poems_, ‘_Désespoir_’ _and_ ‘_Pan_,’_ which I have recently discovered in manuscript_, _are now printed for the first time_.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
omitted
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From this reading _Of the Uncollected Poems published in the Uniform Edition of_ 1908, _a few_, _including the Translations from the Greek and the Polish_, _are omitted_.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
Pan
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From this reading _Two new poems_, ‘_Désespoir_’ _and_ ‘_Pan_,’_ which I have recently discovered in manuscript_, _are now printed for the first time_.
Paper
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
Poems
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
Polish
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From this reading _Of the Uncollected Poems published in the Uniform Edition of_ 1908, _a few_, _including the Translations from the Greek and the Polish_, _are omitted_.
printednounUS /printed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Two new poems_, ‘_Désespoir_’ _and_ ‘_Pan_,’_ which I have recently discovered in manuscript_, _are now printed for the first time_.
Published
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
Ravenna
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
Reading
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
recently
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From this reading _Two new poems_, ‘_Désespoir_’ _and_ ‘_Pan_,’_ which I have recently discovered in manuscript_, _are now printed for the first time_.
September
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
Seventh
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
Sphinx
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
Tenth
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Two new poems_, ‘_Désespoir_’ _and_ ‘_Pan_,’_ which I have recently discovered in manuscript_, _are now printed for the first time_.
Translations
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From this reading _Of the Uncollected Poems published in the Uniform Edition of_ 1908, _a few_, _including the Translations from the Greek and the Polish_, _are omitted_.
Twelfth
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
Two
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From this reading _Two new poems_, ‘_Désespoir_’ _and_ ‘_Pan_,’_ which I have recently discovered in manuscript_, _are now printed for the first time_.
Uncollected
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From this reading _Of the Uncollected Poems published in the Uniform Edition of_ 1908, _a few_, _including the Translations from the Greek and the Polish_, _are omitted_.
Uniform
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From this reading _Of the Uncollected Poems published in the Uniform Edition of_ 1908, _a few_, _including the Translations from the Greek and the Polish_, _are omitted_.
Vellum
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From this reading _First Published_— _Ravenna_ _1878_ _Poems_ _1881_ ,, _Fifth Edition_ _1882_ _The Sphinx_ _1894_ _The Ballad of Reading Gaol_ _1898_ _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _March 1908_ Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap.
vo
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From this reading 8vo_).
volume
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _Two new poems_, ‘_Désespoir_’ _and_ ‘_Pan_,’_ which I have recently discovered in manuscript_, _are now printed for the first time_.
Wilde's
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From this reading _September 1909_ _Eighth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1909_ _Ninth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1909_ _Tenth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _November 1910_ _Eleventh Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _December 1911_ _Twelfth Edition_ ( ,, ,, ) _April 1913_ _This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in its entirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_ ‘_Ravenna_.’
