Shelley poems vocab Flashcards
sicken
fall sick, ill
quicken
bring to life
heaped
piled up
slumber on
continue to sleep
wherefore
what for
plough
labourer la terre
lay ye low
oppress you
weave
tisser
toil and care
dure labeur et soin
clothe
vêtir
from the cradle to the grave
du berceau à la tombe
drones
male bees
sweat
sueur
nay
no
scourge
whip
stingless drones
abeilles sans dard
your toil
your hard work, your endeavour
balm
baume
ye buy
you buy
the seed ye sow
les grains que vous semez
to reap
récolter
heap
pile up, accumulate
idle
lazy, unproductive, oisif
shrink
rétrécir / reculer, battre en retraite
your cellars
vos caves
ye deck
that you decorate
dwells
inhabits
wrought
made, created, forged
tempered
hardened in the smith’s fire
glance on ye
reflect on you
plough and spade
charrue et bêche
hoe and loom
houe / râteau et métier à tisser
winding-sheet
linceul
fair / England
beautiful England
skylark
alouette
hail
salutations
blithe
carefree
thou never wert
you never were
(thou) pourest
you pour
profuse
abundant, extravagant
strains
tunes, melodies
springest
jump / leap up
wingest
fly (through)
soar
s’envoler
an unbodied joy
an idea of joy
even
evening
shrill
high-pitched
keen
eager / sharp
silver sphere
the moon
narrows
dwindles, shrinks, wanes
dawn
aube
rains out
diffuses downwards
overflowed
so full it overflows
drops
gouttes
showers
coule, inonde, trempe
unbidden
spontaneously, uninvited
wrought / to sympathy
worked into harmony
heeded not
it hadn’t paid attention to
maiden
virgin
love-laden / soul
âme chargée d’amour
bower
leafy shelter, charmille
glow-worm
luciole
a dell
un vallon
scattering
dispersing
unbeholden
unseen
hue
colour, shade
which screen it from the view
which hide it from everyone’s eyes
embowered
surrounded, made comfortable by
scent
parfum
vernal
spring
twinkling
glittering, sparkling
doth surpass
does exceed
sprite
fairy, elf
praise
éloges
panted forth
breathed out
rapture
ravissement, extase
hymeneal
nuptial, for a wedding
chant
formal song
matched with thine
compared with yours
vaunt
boasting, bragging
wherein
inside which
want
lack, shortcoming
joyance
bliss, rapture
languor
sluggishness, lack of energy
ne’er
never
satiety
satieté, fullness, satisfaction
deem
judge
to pine
se morfondre
with some pain is fraught
blended with pain
scorn
mépriser, railler
art thou pale
are you pale
gazing
staring, contemplating
worth its consistency
that deserves a long look
grazes
feeds