Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil Flashcards
“Fair Isabel, poor ……. Isabel”
“Fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel”
“I will ….. her tears”
“I will drink her tears”
“And with …. ……… all the night outwear, to hear her …… step upon the stair.”
“And with sick longing all the night outwear, to hear her morning step upon the stair”
“My soul is too its ….”
“My soul is too its doom”
“Too many ….. for ….. have been shed”
“Too many tears for lovers have been shed”
“Lorenzo, a young …… in Love’s eye”
“Lorenzo, a young palmer in Love’s eye.”
“Why were they ……? Because red-…. accounts were richer than the songs of Grecian years.
“Why were they proud? Because red-lined accounts were richer than the songs of Grecian years.”
“Cut ……. with a sharp knife to the bone.”
“Cut Mercy with a sharp knife to the bone.”
“To …. Lorenzo, and there ….. him”
“To kill Lorenzo, and there bury him.”
“There was Lorenzo …. and …… in, There in that forest did his ….. ….. cease.”
“There was Lorenzo slain and buried in, There in that forest did his great love cease.”
“Sorely she …. until the night came on”
“Sorely she wept until the night came on”
“The breath of …. comes from far away”
“The breath of Winter comes from far away”
“They spake a …. time after time, to ….. her”
“They spake a tale time after time, to quiet her.”
“It was a …… - In the drowsy gloom.”
“It was a vision - In the drowsy gloom.”
“Had marr’d his ….. ….. which once could shoot lustre into the sun”
“Had marr’d his glossy hair which once could shoot lustre into the sun”
“when the pale …… spake”
“when the pale shadow spake”
“Sweet …… hath schooled my …….”
“Sweet Spirit hath schooled my infancy”
“But there is crime - a brother’s …… …..!
“But there is crime - a brother’s bloody knife.”
“all sudden, she began to ….. more …… than misers can.”
“all sudden, she began to dig more fervently than misers can.”
“she ….. it with a lip more chill than stone, and put it in her …..”
“she kiss’d it with a lip more chill than stone and put it in her bosom”
“But to throw back at times her ……. hair”
“But to throw back at times her veiling hair”
“And Isabella did not ….. or …..”
“And Isabella did not stamp or rave”
“‘Twas love; cold,- …. indeed, but not …….”
“‘Twas love; cold- cold indeed, but not dethroned.”
“And she forgot the ….., the ….., and …..”
“And she forgot the stars, the moon, and the sun”
“Why were they proud? Because …-….. accounts were richer than the songs of ……. years.”
“Why were they proud? Because red-lin’d accounts were richer than the songs of Grecian years?”
“They had found Lorenzo’s …… …”
“They had found Lorenzo’s earthy bed.”
“And o’er it set ….. ….., which her tears kept ever wet.”
“And o’er it set Sweet Basil, which her tears kept ever wet.”
“With duller steel than the ……. sword”
“With duller steel than the Persean sword”
“O …………, linger here awhile”
“O Melancholy, linger here awhile.”
“Spirits in ……, lift up your head and …..”
“Spirits in grief, lift up your head and smile.”
“And why it flourish’d, as by …… …..”
“And why it flourish’d as by magic touch”
“Yet they contriv’d to …… the Basil-Pot”
“Yet they contriv’d to steal the Basil-Pot.”
“No ….. was there in Florence but did mourn.”
“No heart was there in Florence but did mourn.”
