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The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning
The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning

Chapter XXV

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Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?
Old friends, the impious man Exists not any more!
The house is mute.
Turn we to song and dance!
For, those I love, Those I wish well to, well fare they, to wish!
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The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning

Chapter XXV

Reading 1/165 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?
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Old friends, the impious man Exists not any more!
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The house is mute.
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Turn we to song and dance!
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For, those I love, Those I wish well to, well fare they, to wish!

Learner Dictionary

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

Against preposition US /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading “Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?”

Fare verb US /fer/

to do or succeed in a particular way

From this reading “For, those I love, Those I wish well to, well fare they, to wish!”

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?”

Mortal adjective US /ˈmɔːrtəl/

causing or relating to death

From this reading “Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “For, those I love, Those I wish well to, well fare they, to wish!”

Though conjunction US /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading “Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading “Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “For, those I love, Those I wish well to, well fare they, to wish!”

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AgainstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Turn we to song and dance!

any

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From this reading Old friends, the impious man Exists not any more!

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

blessed

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From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

conceit

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From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

dance

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From this reading Turn we to song and dance!

Exists

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From this reading Old friends, the impious man Exists not any more!

fareverbUS /fer/

to do or succeed in a particular way

From this reading For, those I love, Those I wish well to, well fare they, to wish!

fools

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From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For, those I love, Those I wish well to, well fare they, to wish!

friends

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From this reading Old friends, the impious man Exists not any more!

gods

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From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

grazed

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From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

heavenly

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From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

house

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From this reading The house is mute.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading For, those I love, Those I wish well to, well fare they, to wish!

impious

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From this reading Old friends, the impious man Exists not any more!

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The house is mute.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

lawlessness

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From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

love

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From this reading For, those I love, Those I wish well to, well fare they, to wish!

man

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From this reading Old friends, the impious man Exists not any more!

more

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From this reading Old friends, the impious man Exists not any more!

MortaladjectiveUS /ˈmɔːrtəl/

causing or relating to death

From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

mute

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From this reading The house is mute.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Old friends, the impious man Exists not any more!

Old

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From this reading Old friends, the impious man Exists not any more!

ones

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From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

power

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From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

song

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From this reading Turn we to song and dance!

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading For, those I love, Those I wish well to, well fare they, to wish!

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading For, those I love, Those I wish well to, well fare they, to wish!

thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

threw

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From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Turn we to song and dance!

Turn

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From this reading Turn we to song and dance!

up

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From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Turn we to song and dance!

well

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From this reading For, those I love, Those I wish well to, well fare they, to wish!

WhopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Who was it grazed the gods through lawlessness-- Mortal himself, threw up his fools'-conceit Against the blessed heavenly ones--as though Gods had no power?

wish

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From this reading For, those I love, Those I wish well to, well fare they, to wish!