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We Two: A Novel
We Two: A Novel

Chapter XXXIII · Raeburn v. Pogson

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Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!
Oh, God of freedom and of joyous hearts!
When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
Heart, heart, awake!
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

We Two: A Novel

Chapter XXXIII · Raeburn v. Pogson

Reading 1/63 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!
Line 2
Oh, God of freedom and of joyous hearts!
Line 3
When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
Line 4
Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
Line 5
Heart, heart, awake!

Learner Dictionary

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

Around preposition US /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading “Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading “When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.”

All words in this reading · 44

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all

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From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!

aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.

awake

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From this reading Heart, heart, awake!

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

boundless

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From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!

Brood

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From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.

closet

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From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.

crowded

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From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

door

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From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.

enough

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From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

face

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From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

faces

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From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

forth

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From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

freedom

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From this reading Oh, God of freedom and of joyous hearts!

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

God

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From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!

Heart

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From this reading Heart, heart, awake!

hearts

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From this reading Oh, God of freedom and of joyous hearts!

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.

joyous

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From this reading Oh, God of freedom and of joyous hearts!

looketh

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From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

marts

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From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.

men's

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From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

mountains

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From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.

noise

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From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.

o'er

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From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!

Oh

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From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!

room

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From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

shut

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From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.

spaces

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From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!

stars

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From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.

There

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From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.

ThydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

universe

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From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.