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The Spell Is Broke, The Charm Is Flown!
The Spell Is Broke, The Charm Is Flown!
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haughty: having or showing the insulting attitude
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of people who think that they are better, smarter, yon:
at or in that place - over there
o r more important than other people 23 wan: looking sick or pale
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mellow: to become or to cause (someone or 24 weal: well-being
something) to become less harsh, irritating, 25 avail: serve
nervous, etc. 26 waft: to move lightly through the air
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gaudy: too bright and heavily decorated 27 pang: a sudden, strong feeling of physical or
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raven: shiny and black emotional pain
19 brook: to allow (something) to exist or happen 28 deign: to do something a person considers below
20 lurk: to be in a hidden place : to wait in a secret or his or her dignity
hidden place especially in order to do something 29 Sennacherib: king of Assyria 705 BCE–681 BCE,
wrong or harmful is remembered for his military campaigns
21 bid:
in
this
context,
to beg (someone) for something against
Babylon
and
Judah
and
And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf,
And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf.
And there lay the rider distorted and pale,
With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail:
And the tents were all silent, the banners alone,
The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail,
And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal;;
And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword,
Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!