Isabella: or The Pot of Basil

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  • Created by: Alemae
  • Created on: 01-05-17 16:20
Fair Isabel, _____ ______ Isabel!
Fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel!
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ma____ (one word)
malady
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She _____ her half-done _____ with the _____
She spoilt her half-done broidery with the same
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Her _____ farther than the _____ _____
Her beauty farther than the falcon spies
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_______ days and days did he let _____
Honeyless days and days did he let pass
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I may not ____, And yet I ____, and ____ my love all _____
I may not speak, And yet I will, and tell my love all plain
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lisped ____, "Lorenzo" - here she ___ her ___ quest, But in her ____ and ____ he read the rest
lisped tenderly, "Lorenzo" - here she ceas'd her timid quest, But in her tone and look he read the rest
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____ how I ____ thee, believe how near My ____ is to its ____
Believe how I love thee, believe how near My soul is to its doom
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...great ______ Grew, like a ____ flower in June's _____
...great happiness Grew, like a lusty flower in June's caress
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Close in a _____ of ______ and _____
Close in a bower of hyacinth and musk
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He with ____ steps went up a ______ hill, And ____ the sun ______, and joy'd his ____
He with light steps went up a western hill, And bade the sun farewell, and joy'd his fill.
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...before the ____ Had taken from the ____ its pleasant ____
...before the dusk Had taken from the stars its pleasant veil
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________ his high ____ of such a bride
Fever'd his high conceit of such a bride,
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Too many ____ for ____ have been shed, Too many ____ give we to them in ____, Too much of ____after they are ____
Too many tears for lovers have been shed, Too many sighs give we to them in fee, Too much of pity after they are dead
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Even ____, the little _____ of spring-_____, Know there is ____ juice in _____-flowers.
Even bees, the little almsmen of spring-bowers, Know there is richest juice in poison-flowers
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______ from ancestral ________
Enriched from ancestral merchandize
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...seethe A ______ men in troubles ____ and _____
...seethe A thousand men in troubles wide and dark
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_____ diver held his _____, And went all ____ to the _____ ______
Ceylon diver held his breath, And went all naked to the hungry shark
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Half-_______, they turn'd an easy _____
Half-ignorant, they turn'd an easy wheel
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Why were they ____? Because _____ accounts Were ____ than the _____ of _____ years?
Why were they proud? Because red-lin'd accounts  Were richer than the songs of Grecian years?
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How could these ________ see ___ and ____?
How could these money-bags see east and west?—
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the hunted _____
the hunted hare
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When 'twas their ____ to _____ her by ____ To some high _____ and his ____-trees.
When 'twas their plan to coax her by degrees To some high noble and his olive-trees.
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these men of ____ clay Cut ____ with a ____ knife to the _____
these men of cruel clay Cut Mercy with a sharp knife to the bone
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these ______ whine
these serpents' whine
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And as he went she ______ merrily
And as he went she chanted merrily
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So the two brothers and their _______ man
So the two brothers and their murder'd man
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____ and wan The brothers' faces in the ____ did seem, Lorenzo's ____ with _____ .
Sick and wan The brothers' faces in the ford did seem, Lorenzo's flush with love.
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They _____ their _____ in the ____, and did ____ Their horses_____, with _____ spur
They dipp'd their swords in the water, and did tease Their horses homeward, with convulsed spur
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Each _____ by his being a ______
Each richer by his being a murderer
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And _____ at once from Hope's ______ bands
And 'scape at once from Hope's accursed bands
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So ____ Isabel By _____ _____ from _____ fell
So sweet Isabel By gradual decay from beauty fell
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Their _____ Came on them, like a ____ from ________ vale
Their crimes Came on them, like a smoke from Hinnom's vale
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when the pale ____ spake; For there was _____, in its _____ tongue, To speak as when on _____ it was ______
when the pale shadow spake; For there was striving, in its piteous tongue, To speak as when on earth it was awake
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thou art _____ in ________.
thou art ______ in ________.
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a brother's ______ knife! _____ Spirit, thou hast _____ my _____
other's bloody knife! Sweet Spirit, thou hast school'd my infancy
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_____, she took with her an ____ nurse, And went into that ____ forest-_____
Resolv'd, she took with her an aged nurse, And went into that dismal forest-hearse
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What feverous _____ flame ____ in thee, child?—What ____ can thee ____, That thou should'st ____ again?"
What feverous hectic flame Burns in thee, child?—What good can thee betide, That thou should'st smile again?"
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Then with her ____, all ____, she began To ___ more ______ than misers can.
Then with her knife, all sudden, she began To dig more fervently than misers can.
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..._____ glove, whereon Her ___ had play'd in purple _______
...soiled glove, whereon Her silk had play'd in purple phantasies
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Love never ____, but lives, _____ Lord
Love never dies, but lives, immortal Lord
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'Twas love; cold,—dead indeed, but not dethroned
'Twas love; cold,—dead indeed, but not dethroned
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And she forgot the stars, the ____, and ___, And she forgot the ____ above the trees
And she forgot the stars, the moon, and sun, And she forgot the blue above the trees
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And so she ever ____ it with ____ tears, Whence ____, and green, and ____ it grew, So that it smelt more ____ than its peers
And so she ever fed it with thin tears,         Whence thick, and green, and beautiful it grew, So that it smelt more balmy than its peers
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...such ____ Of youth and _____ should be _____ aside By one _____ out to be a _____ bride.
such dower Of youth and beauty should be thrown aside By one mark'd out to be a Noble's bride.
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Why she sat _____ by the Basil green, And why it_____ , as by ____ touch;
Why she sat drooping by the Basil green, And why it flourish'd, as by magic touch;
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For _____ did she go to _____-shrift
For _____ did she go to ____-shrift
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The thing was _____ with ____ and ____ spot, And yet they knew it was ______ face: The ______ of their murder they had got
The thing was vile with green and livid spot, And yet they knew it was Lorenzo's face: The guerdon of their murder they had got
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she look'd on ____ and _____ things, Asking for her lost Basil _______
she look'd on dead and senseless things, Asking for her lost Basil amorously
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And so she ____, and so she died ______,  Imploring for her Basil to the ____
And so she pined, and so she died forlorn,  Imploring for her Basil to the last
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"O ______, To steal my ______ away from me!"
"O cruelty, To steal my Basil-pot away from me!"
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For Isabel, _____ Isabel, will ___; Will die a death too ____ and _________
For Isabel, sweet Isabel, will die; Will die a death too lone and incomplete
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