Kubla Khan

Mrs. Roberts (United States of America)
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  1. stately
    impressive in appearance
    A stately pleasure-dome decree:
  2. sinuous
    curved or curving in and out
    And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
  3. incense
    make furious
    Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
  4. chasm
    a deep opening in the earth's surface
    But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted
  5. waning
    a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
    As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted
  6. turmoil
    a violent disturbance
    And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
  7. seething
    in constant agitation
    And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
  8. meander
    move or cause to move in a winding or curving course
    Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
  9. tumult
    a state of commotion and noise and confusion
    And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean:
  10. prophesy
    predict or reveal, as if through divine inspiration
    Ancestral voices prophesying war!
  11. mingle
    bring or combine together or with something else
    Where was heard the mingled measure
  12. measure
    determine the dimensions of something or somebody
    Where was heard the mingled measure
  13. damsel
    a young unmarried woman
    A damsel with a dulcimer
  14. dulcimer
    a stringed instrument used in American folk music
    A damsel with a dulcimer
  15. revive
    cause to regain consciousness
    Could I revive within me
  16. thrice
    three times
    Weave a circle round him thrice,
  17. dread
    fearful expectation or anticipation
    And close your eyes with holy dread,
  18. dew
    water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight
    For he on honey-dew hath fed
  19. paradise
    any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
    And drunk the milk of Paradise.
Created on Thu Sep 19 09:30:25 EDT 2013

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