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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 And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
Acquaintance
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
aim
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From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
award
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From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
battlefield
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From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
Beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
beauty
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blunted
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
boast
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From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
bones
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break
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
call
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
came
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From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
counterfeited
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From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
courage
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
crown's
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From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
dart
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day's
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From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
earth
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
effectless
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element
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end
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From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
enough
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
Failure
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
fall
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
fix
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From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
gain
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
just
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From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
kind
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
LXIII
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
LXIV
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From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
LXV
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
MeantimenounUS /ˈmiːntaɪm/
the period of time while something else is happening
From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
meet
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
more
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much
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
music
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From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
nerve
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NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
observe
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
operation
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
out
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
outer
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
own
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From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
pageant
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
pent
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
perhaps
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From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
play
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
promising
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From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
proper
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
prove
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
QuitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
receive
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
regard
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
relapse
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From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
remote
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s
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
seems
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sham
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From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
Sight
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From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
simply
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simulated
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From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
smote
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From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
soul
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From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
sound
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From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
spear
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
startled
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From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
storms
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From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
strange
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Success
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
sward
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
swerve
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
then
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
there
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
thunderclaps
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From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
too
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
touches
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From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
tourney-regulations
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
true
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From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
truths
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From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
vague
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From this reading --Sight, beauty, every dart of every aim That touches just, then seems, by strange relapse, To fall effectless from the soul it came As if to fix its own, but simply smote And startled to vague beauty more remote?
warranted
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From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
Weapons
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From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
well
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From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
Wherein
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From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
WhichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading LXIV Meantime, our simulated thunderclaps Which tell us counterfeited truths--these same Are--sound, when music storms the soul, perhaps?
wield
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From this reading And, at the day's end, boast the crown's award-- Be warranted as promising to wield Weapons, no sham, in a true battlefield.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading LXV So do we gain enough--yet not too much-- Acquaintance with that outer element Wherein there 's operation (call it such!) Quite of another kind than we the pent On earth are proper to receive.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading LXIII No, we must play the pageant out, observe The tourney-regulations, and regard Success--to meet the blunted spear nor swerve, Failure--to break no bones yet fall on sward; Must prove we have--not courage? well then--nerve!
