The Prelude Flashcards
(14 cards)
1
Q
I found a little boat tied to a willow tree
A
Straight I unloosed her chain
2
Q
It was an act of stealth
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and troubled pleasure
3
Q
like one who rows
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proud of his skill
4
Q
She was an
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Elfin pinnace
5
Q
my boat went heaving through
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the water like a swan
6
Q
a huge peak,
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black and huge
7
Q
As if with voluntary power instinct,
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upreared its head
8
Q
I struck and
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struck again
9
Q
the grim shape towered up
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between me and the stars
10
Q
with purpose of its own and measured motion
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like a living thing, strode after me with
trembling oars
11
Q
homeward went, in grave and serious mood
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my brain worked with a dim and undetermined sense
12
Q
There hung
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a darkness
13
Q
No familiar shapes
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remained, no pleasant images of trees
14
Q
But huge and mighty forms
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were a trouble to my dreams
