Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil

Question 1

“Fair Isabel, poor ……. Isabel”

Answer 1

“Fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel”

Question 2

“I will ….. her tears”

Answer 2

“I will drink her tears”

Question 3

“And with …. ……… all the night outwear, to hear her …… step upon the stair.”

Answer 3

“And with sick longing all the night outwear, to hear her morning step upon the stair”

Question 4

“My soul is too its ….”

Answer 4

“My soul is too its doom”

Question 5

“Too many ….. for ….. have been shed”

Answer 5

“Too many tears for lovers have been shed”

Question 6

“Lorenzo, a young …… in Love’s eye”

Answer 6

“Lorenzo, a young palmer in Love’s eye.”

Question 7

“Why were they ……? Because red-…. accounts were richer than the songs of Grecian years.

Answer 7

“Why were they proud? Because red-lined accounts were richer than the songs of Grecian years.”

Question 8

“Cut ……. with a sharp knife to the bone.”

Answer 8

“Cut Mercy with a sharp knife to the bone.”

Question 9

“To …. Lorenzo, and there ….. him”

Answer 9

“To kill Lorenzo, and there bury him.”

Question 10

“There was Lorenzo …. and …… in, There in that forest did his ….. ….. cease.”

Answer 10

“There was Lorenzo slain and buried in, There in that forest did his great love cease.”

Question 11

“Sorely she …. until the night came on”

Answer 11

“Sorely she wept until the night came on”

Question 12

“The breath of …. comes from far away”

Answer 12

“The breath of Winter comes from far away”

Question 13

“They spake a …. time after time, to ….. her”

Answer 13

“They spake a tale time after time, to quiet her.”

Question 14

“It was a …… - In the drowsy gloom.”

Answer 14

“It was a vision - In the drowsy gloom.”

Question 15

“Had marr’d his ….. ….. which once could shoot lustre into the sun”

Answer 15

“Had marr’d his glossy hair which once could shoot lustre into the sun”

Question 16

“when the pale …… spake”

Answer 16

“when the pale shadow spake”

Question 17

“Sweet …… hath schooled my …….”

Answer 17

“Sweet Spirit hath schooled my infancy”

Question 18

“But there is crime - a brother’s …… …..!

Answer 18

“But there is crime - a brother’s bloody knife.”

Question 19

“all sudden, she began to ….. more …… than misers can.”

Answer 19

“all sudden, she began to dig more fervently than misers can.”

Question 20

“she ….. it with a lip more chill than stone, and put it in her …..”

Answer 20

“she kiss’d it with a lip more chill than stone and put it in her bosom”

Question 21

“But to throw back at times her ……. hair”

Answer 21

“But to throw back at times her veiling hair”

Question 22

“And Isabella did not ….. or …..”

Answer 22

“And Isabella did not stamp or rave”

Question 23

“‘Twas love; cold,- …. indeed, but not …….”

Answer 23

“‘Twas love; cold- cold indeed, but not dethroned.”

Question 24

“And she forgot the ….., the ….., and …..”

Answer 24

“And she forgot the stars, the moon, and the sun”

Question 25

“Why were they proud? Because …-….. accounts were richer than the songs of ……. years.”

Answer 25

“Why were they proud? Because red-lin’d accounts were richer than the songs of Grecian years?”

Question 26

“They had found Lorenzo’s …… …”

Answer 26

“They had found Lorenzo’s earthy bed.”

Question 27

“And o’er it set ….. ….., which her tears kept ever wet.”

Answer 27

“And o’er it set Sweet Basil, which her tears kept ever wet.”

Question 28

“With duller steel than the ……. sword”

Answer 28

“With duller steel than the Persean sword”

Question 29

“O …………, linger here awhile”

Answer 29

“O Melancholy, linger here awhile.”

Question 30

“Spirits in ……, lift up your head and …..”

Answer 30

“Spirits in grief, lift up your head and smile.”

Question 31

“And why it flourish’d, as by …… …..”

Answer 31

“And why it flourish’d as by magic touch”

Question 32

“Yet they contriv’d to …… the Basil-Pot”

Answer 32

“Yet they contriv’d to steal the Basil-Pot.”

Question 33

“No ….. was there in Florence but did mourn.”

Answer 33

“No heart was there in Florence but did mourn.”