"To an Athlete Dying Young"

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  1. laurelled
    crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory
    And round that early-laurelled head
    Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead,
    And find unwithered on its curls
    The garland briefer than a girl’s.
  2. lintel
    a horizontal beam over a door or window
    So set, before its echoes fade,
    The fleet foot on the sill of shade,
    And hold to the low lintel up
    The still-defended challenge-cup.
  3. withers
    the highest part of the back at the base of an animal's neck
    Smart lad, to slip betimes away
    From fields where glory does not stay
    And early though the laurel grows
    It withers quicker than the rose.
  4. betimes
    in good time
    Smart lad, to slip betimes away
    From fields where glory does not stay
    And early though the laurel grows
    It withers quicker than the rose.
  5. sill
    structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
    So set, before its echoes fade,
    The fleet foot on the sill of shade,
    And hold to the low lintel up
    The still-defended challenge-cup.
  6. garland
    a circular band of flowers or other foliage
    And round that early-laurelled head
    Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead,
    And find unwithered on its curls
    The garland briefer than a girl’s.
  7. renown
    the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
    Eyes the shady night has shut
    Cannot see the record cut,
    And silence sounds no worse than cheers
    After earth has stopped the ears:

    Now you will not swell the rout
    Of lads that wore their honors out,
    Runners whom renown outran
    And the name died before the man.
  8. rout
    an overwhelming defeat
    Eyes the shady night has shut
    Cannot see the record cut,
    And silence sounds no worse than cheers
    After earth has stopped the ears:

    Now you will not swell the rout
    Of lads that wore their honors out,
    Runners whom renown outran
    And the name died before the man.
  9. threshold
    the starting point for a new state or experience
    To-day, the road all runners come,
    Shoulder-high we bring you home,
    And set you at your threshold down,
    Townsman of a stiller town.
Created on Mon Jul 19 10:03:49 EDT 2010

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