Isabella; or the Pot of Basil Flashcards
“_________ Isabel!”
“poor simple Isabel!”
“But to each other ___, and _____________.”
“But to each other dream, and nightly weep.”
“Her beauty ______ than the _________;”
“Her beauty farther than the falcon spies;”
“whole long month of _______… break of ______”
“whole long month of May… break of June:”
“___________________ did he let pass;”
“Honeyless days and days did he let pass;”
“Fell ___ within the ____________,”
“Fell sick within the rose’s just domain,”
“leading me from _________… leadest me to _______________,”
“leading me from wintry cold… leadest me to summer clime,”
“like a ____ flower”
“like a lusty flower”
“Twin roses by the _____________________”
“Twin roses by the zephyr blown apart”
“inward ________”
“inward fragrance”
“___________ love”
“delicious love”
“for them many a _______________”
“for them many a weary hand did swelt”
“And many once ___________________ did melt”
“And many once proud-quiver’d loins did melt”
“Fair Isabella in her ____________?”
“Fair Isabella in her downy nest?”
“as doth the ________________”
“as doth the hunted hare.”
“courteously _______”
“courteously as he wont”
“Into a forest _______________.”
“Into a forest quiet for the slaughter.”
“it ______________– is ill at peace”
“it aches in loneliness – is ill at peace”
“image___________ she seem’d to see and to the ______________”
“image in the dusk she seem’d to see and to the silence made a gentle moan”
“gradual decay from ___________,”
“gradual decay from beauty fell,”
“________ shroud”
“snowy shroud”
“Its eyes, though wild, were______________”
“Its eyes, though wild, were still all dewy bright”
“shed one tear.. Shall ________________ the tomb”
“shed one tear.. Shall comfort me within the tomb”
“’I knew not this ___________,’”
“’I knew not this hard life,’”
“______________ one latest lullaby;”
“And sing to it one latest lullaby;”
“feverous ______________”
“feverous hectic flame”
“Those dainties made to ________________:”
“Those dainties made to still an infant’s cries:”
“Until her heart felt ____________ at sight of such a _________________,”
“Until her heart felt pity to the core at sight of such a dismal labouring,”
“calm’d its _________ with a golden comb,”
“calm’d its wild hair with a golden comb,”
“and for its_____________ garden-pot,”
“and for its tomb did choose a garden-pot,”
“And she forgot the ______________________,”
“And she forgot the stars, the moon, and sun,”
“fed it with _______, whence, ____________, and beautiful it grew,”
“fed it with thin tears, whence, thick, and green, and beautiful it grew,”
“O __________, linger here awhile!”
“O Melancholy, linger here awhile!”
“She withers, __________”
“She withers, like a palm”
“As bird on wing to ___________ again; and, ____________,”
“As bird on wing to breast its eggs again; and, patient as a hen-bird,”
“The thing was vile with __________ spot”
“The thing was vile with green and livid spot”
“Away they went… to _______________.”
“Away they went… to banishment.”
“Will die a death too _______________, now they have ta’en away ___________.”
“Will die a death too lone and incomplete, now they have ta’en away her Basil sweet.”
