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laurels**

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shrubbery (laurel crowns were awarded to great poets)

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myrtles

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evergreen shrubbery or small trees

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sere

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dry or withering

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crude

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offensively crude

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mellowing

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process of ripening or softening

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Lycidas

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name for Edward King, fellow student at Cambridge who drowned in the Irish Sea

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bier

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stand or framework on which corpse or coffin is placed before burial or cremation

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parching

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process of becoming extremely dry

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Jove

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Jupiter, king of the gods in Roman Mythology; powerful deity who rules over heavens and earth

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coy

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reluctant to engage

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rill**

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small flow from stream, typically flowing with clear water

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ere

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before in time

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afield

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to or at a distance

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westering

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near the west

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th’oaten

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something made of or resembling oats, so oat flutes

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Satyrs

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woodland diety who are upper body man and horns, legs, and tails of a got; lustful, drunken, lustful creatures

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Fauns

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mythological creates from Roman mythology; similar to satyrs in Greek mythology; half human and half goat, are playful, mischieveous

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clov’n

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used to describe something, especially an animal hoof, that is divided into two parts

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Damaetas**

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traditional name in pastoral poetry; also mourns Lycidas; is a shepard, represents ignorance / simplicity

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gadding**

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act of wandering or moving about aimlessly

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copses

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small group of trees, typically forming dense thicket

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lays

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songs or poems

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canker**

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destructive disease or infection like fungal disease that damages bark

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weanling

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baby animals just starting to eat other food, thats just been weaned from its mother’s milk

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Nymphs
mythological spirit of nature as beautiful maiden inhabiting woods or other, associated with elements of nature
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bards
old poets, singers, and composers of epic of heroic verse
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Druids
priest, magician, or soothsayer in ancient Celtic religion
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Mona
Isle of Anglesey in Wales
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Deva
River Dee (between England and Wales)
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bin
been
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Muse
Calliope, in greek mythology, for epic poetry; Muses were goddesses who presided over the arts and sciences
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Orpheus**
greek mythology, musician/poet, son of Muse (Calliope); renowned as legendary musician, poet, or prophet
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rout
disorderly gathering
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visage
face or facial expression of a person
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Hebrus**
Hebrus River, also known as Maritsa River
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Lesbian shore
shore/island of Lebos
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incessant
continuing without interruption or pause
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Amaryllis
a love struck maiden who longed for handsome but cold hearted Alteo
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Neara
figure from greek mythology,multiple women like a water nymph
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guerdon
reward or recompense for some service
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th'abhorred
the abhorred, something detested or regarding negatively with hate
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Phoebus
referring to Greek God Apollo, god of sun, poetry, and medicine, among other things
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meed
deserved share or reward
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Arethuse
nymph that ran away from home; figure from Greek mythology who originated as a nymph and transformed into a fountation
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Mincius
river in northern Italy, flowing through the region of Lombardy; Gallia Cisalpine
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Herald of the Sea
Triton; used to typically describe creature associated with ocean
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Neptune
Roman god of freshwater and the sea
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promontory**
point of high land that juts out over body of water; typically has steep cliffs
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Hippotades
were the daughters of the sea god Thaumas and Oceanid Electra; could refer to sea nympthsa or the houses their rode upon
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Panope
used to refer to one of the Nereidds, sea nymph in greek mythology
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Camus**
personification of the Cam, the river the flows through Cambridge
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sire
used to address or refer to male monarch, ruler, or authority figure like a king
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sanguine**
deep blood red color or relating to blood
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Pilot of the Galilean
said to be St Peter; judge who condemns people in the Church of England; some people say it could refer to Jesus Christ
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twain
two
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mitred
someone who wears a miter, ceremonial headdress worn by bishops and certain other ecclesiastical officials in some Christian denominations
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bespake
to address or speak to someone
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reck'ning
calculating or estimating something
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scrannel
thin, weak
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swoll'n
swollen, enlarged
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contagion**
spread or transmission of something harmful like illness or disease; could also refer to spread of idea, emotion or quality, usually negative
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apace
quickly / rapid action
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smite
strike with firm blow / significant force
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Alpheus
river god in greek mythology
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vales
valley
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flow'rets
flowerets
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swart
dark or black in color
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enamel'd
coated in enamel which is a glossy coat applied to ceramics, glass, or metals
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honied
honey, something that is sweet / sugary
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vernal
related to Spring
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rathe
blooming or ripening early in the year
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crow-toe
deformity of the foot in which toes are bent or curled downward, similar to shape of crow's foot
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jessamine
flowering plant, also known as poet's jasmine
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attir'd
attire
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woodbine
climbing plant, any of the honeysuckles
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cowslips
herbaceous perennial plant, deep yellow flowers
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laureate
a person who is honored with an award for outstanding creative or intellectual achievement
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hearse
decorated car; vehicle for conveying the coffin at a funeral
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surmise
thought / idea without enough information; something that is true without having evidence to confirm it
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Hebrides
island off the coast of the west Scotland
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Bellerus
mythical giant
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Namancos
magical / obscure place
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Bayona
Baiona, town located in Galicia, Spain
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waft
pass / movement in the air
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ruth
pity or compassion for someone else's suffering
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anon
soon
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recompense
compensate for what experienced
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uncouth
strange or unfamiliar
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swain
young country man
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th'oaks
the oaks
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rills
small stream
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quills**
pipes of musical instrument
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Doric**
musical melody
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mantle
loose piece of clothing that goes over other clothing
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perfidious**
deceitful or treacherous
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nuptial**
related to marriage or wedding
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Anarabthus
never withering flower

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