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Chapter XVII
HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago? There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago. I took a leaflet from her braid And gave it to another maid. Love, broken should have been thy how, One year ago. --_Landor_.
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used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading “HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I took a leaflet from her braid And gave it to another maid.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Love, broken should have been thy how, One year ago.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Love, broken should have been thy how, One year ago.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I took a leaflet from her braid And gave it to another maid.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
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From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I took a leaflet from her braid And gave it to another maid.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
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From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
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From this reading I took a leaflet from her braid And gave it to another maid.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Love, broken should have been thy how, One year ago.
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From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
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From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
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From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
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From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I took a leaflet from her braid And gave it to another maid.
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From this reading I took a leaflet from her braid And gave it to another maid.
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From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I took a leaflet from her braid And gave it to another maid.
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From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
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From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I took a leaflet from her braid And gave it to another maid.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
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From this reading --_Landor_.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I took a leaflet from her braid And gave it to another maid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
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From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Love, broken should have been thy how, One year ago.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Love, broken should have been thy how, One year ago.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I took a leaflet from her braid And gave it to another maid.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
at the time that
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW THE NIGHT ENDED One year ago my path was green, My footstep light, my brow serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a love that is to last When the hot days of youth are past: Such love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago.
